16:44:49 24-09-06 CREW REQUIRED FOR LAND SEARCH AT MIDDLETON IMMEDIATELY TO STRATH BASE
16:42:19 24-09-06 MORE CREW REQUIRED FOR SEARCH
16:35:51 24-09-06 SOUTH COAST NOW OPERATIONAL
16:30:57 24-09-06 MFS: RESPOND SEARCH 24/09/06 16:30,BASHAM BEACH RD,MIDDLETON, MAP 305 N 11 ,,ASSIST POLICE MISSING CHILD POLICE CONTACT NO xxxx xxx xxx,73229*CFSRES:
Just curious i realise CFS aren't trained in land search but surely some of these SES units could do with some more people and there quickly for some searches. There just seems to be some urgent searches going on around the place but they'll pull in units from 30+ kms away for a search when theres multiple CFS brigades within a 10km radius who could provide extensive manpower almost immediatly??? Whats peoples opinion???
And no i'm not searching for calls
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I agree that the more trained people quickly on a large search the better.
For example, SAPOL are designated authority for land search. A single SAPOL STAR squad member is normally search controller who calls in SES volunteers.
My ideal solution would be to split the CFS crew amongst SES teams under the control of a SES Search Team Leader. This happens sometimes with local people being able to give directions to SES Search crews using local knowledge, so they join the search team.
Now to be frank, would this be a problem given the anomosity between SES & CFS between Victor Harbor & Goolwa that I have read in this forum
If so, I am sad for the lost child.