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Hollow mountain accident 28/4/2018 1-May-2018 At 2:36:20 PM kieranl

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On 1-May-2018 Hairy1 wrote:
>Using a hoist is supposed to be the option of last resort in helicopter
>rescue operations, (due to the level of danger) but the prospect of doing
>this sort of job is kinda exciting... Perhaps VCC or similar could provide
>foot/vehicle cliff access info to ambulance so they can land on nearby
>and avoid hoist operations where appropriate?

I for one was glad to not have to do the carry-out. Would have been the second night-time carry-out in three days. One other SES and at least one paramedic had also been at the Arapiles accident. And spare a thought for the Stawell SES : they had already been to a patient at the Pinnacle earlier on Saturday, then to Stapylton in the evening. They then got woken up for a truck crash about 3am on Sunday followed by the Venus Baths fall later on Sunday. That's a heavy weekend for a small group of volunteers.