Major Incidents Attended
The Volunteer Rescue Association is involved on a day to day basis in general rescue operations primarily, road accident rescue, land and maritime search and rescue operations. This extensive experience is invaluable in times of major operations. The Volunteer Rescue Association (as the VRA) has responded to the following major incidents:
1974 Cyclone Tracy - Darwin ( Rescue - 124 personnel and equipment available within 6 hours - not responded); 1977 Granville Rail Disaster (Rescue - Two (2) Rescue Squads responded); Clybucca Bus Crash (Rescue); 1989 Newcastle Earthquake (Rescue - Two (2) Rescue Squads responded immediately and subsequently 100 operators and support personnel to sustain 24 hour operations); Nyngan Flood (assisted Police with evacuations); 1994 Bush Fire Emergency (Assist Police and Ambulance with evacuations, provide communications support (CREST and WICEN) and provide welfare support to firefighters - 315 personnel); 1997 Thredbo Landslide; During 1999 the VRA provided assistance to the State Emergency Service during the Sydney Hailstorm Operations and the Department of Agriculture during the Mangrove Mountain Newcastle Disease outbreak. While assisting at these major operations, VRA units continued to meet their primary responsibility of providing rescue services to their communities.
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