COQ of rescue would just not work... thinkabout it , you cant go moving resources that already cover several hundred/poss. thousand square kilometres,,, just not going to work at all.
brigades everywhere get multiple incidents at the same time, you deal with it by calling the next closest resource to cover your donkey, which it looks like naracoorte have done perfectly, so top points for them for not letting ego/pride get in the way.
sometimes these things happen and a response time is slightly slower because a resource has to come from somewhere else.... shite happens.
re; a second set of gear. an RCR brigade only needs one set of heavy per the green book, so i doubt you;d ever get a second set supplied... perhaps if the brigade/group feels strongly, then buy a set of RIT yourselves...