Food for thought from one of our great Volunteers
You are driving home, its been a big day shopping etc.. All of a sudden an animal is in your path. Instant reaction is to
swerve, you loose control and the rest is a blur. The car is at a strange angle and you can‘t move. There seems to be a lot
of something hot and sticky; whose blood is that and why can‘t I move? Gosh! My foot is at a strange angle and is
caught on something.
People have pulled up and are trying to help; I think someone has called triple ‖0‖. Everything is happening so slowly,
why can‘t I get out, and from where is all this blood coming? I can hear sirens in the distance; well won‘t be long now;
feeling pretty tired. The police have arrived , and I think the ambos, but they are struggling to get access. How is my
partner? Was someone with me or not? The fire brigade has
arrived and made sure there is no chance of fire.
The police have called the fire brigade from the south, as they
have extraction gear, as the local SES haven‘t arrived. What is their
problem? They have all the gear. The problem is three are at work,
and too far away to respond , one is overseas, one has the flu, one
has an injured hand, etc. etc. so one of the best equipped units in
Tasmania sits idle in the depot. With an average age of 57, we are
struggling to get a team together. Last week there was nobody to
attend an incident, which luckily was not life threatening like the
scenario listed above.
What a great picture in this publication last week of the footy
team, lots of fit young blokes, the cream of the community. Guys
we need help before the above scenario becomes fact.
signed SES member for the last 10 years.
You are driving home, its been a big day shopping etc.. All of a sudden an animal is in your path. Instant reaction is to
swerve, you loose control and the rest is a blur. The car is at a strange angle and you can‘t move. There seems to be a lot
of something hot and sticky; whose blood is that and why can‘t I move? Gosh! My foot is at a strange angle and is
caught on something.
People have pulled up and are trying to help; I think someone has called triple ‖0‖. Everything is happening so slowly,
why can‘t I get out, and from where is all this blood coming? I can hear sirens in the distance; well won‘t be long now;
feeling pretty tired. The police have arrived , and I think the ambos, but they are struggling to get access. How is my
partner? Was someone with me or not? The fire brigade has
arrived and made sure there is no chance of fire.
The police have called the fire brigade from the south, as they
have extraction gear, as the local SES haven‘t arrived. What is their
problem? They have all the gear. The problem is three are at work,
and too far away to respond , one is overseas, one has the flu, one
has an injured hand, etc. etc. so one of the best equipped units in
Tasmania sits idle in the depot. With an average age of 57, we are
struggling to get a team together. Last week there was nobody to
attend an incident, which luckily was not life threatening like the
scenario listed above.
What a great picture in this publication last week of the footy
team, lots of fit young blokes, the cream of the community. Guys
we need help before the above scenario becomes fact.
signed SES member for the last 10 years.