BP Australia
Break O'Day Council
Crowe Horwarth
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
Deegan Marine
East Coast Auto Parts, Quail Street
Fieldwicks Crushing and Screening
Finance Brokers of Tasmania
GM Consult
Hunters Chemicals, Tasmania
Lyndcraft Boats
Moonraker Antenna Systems
Scope Insurance Pty Ltd St Helens Marina
Tamar Marine, Launcestonhave you seen www.masttv.com.au yet?
We are pleased to announce St Helens Neighbourhood House has given us a grant to update the electronics and VHF radio aboard our RIB “Larapuna“. This will bring the outdate equipment up to date with contemporary systems. The existing gear is 12 years old and very much not capable in the modern era of rescue services. St Helens Marine Rescue is deeply appreciative of the generosity and wonderful support from St Helens Neighbourhood House.
AMPOL Australia has provided St Helens VMR with a Gift Card to support our energy costs. We are most grateful for their generosity as Marine Rescue faces high energy costs. This was made possible by AMPOL statewide distributors Bonney Energy and Bennetts Petroleum.
Thank you AMPOL your contribution is an enabler for our volunteering. Your generosity makes a difference.
The operation commenced at 7:00 pm and concluded at 10:00 pm. Emergency responders from SES, Tas Police and Marine Rescue participated. Seven of our incredible volunteers were involved on the water exercise aboard TasPol Investigator IV, Marine Rescue vessels Larapuna and Georges Bay. Two members were controlling the operation from the radio room. The exercise was most successful in that the missing persons were found despite the weather conditions and the total darkness. There was John Hagg, John Dearing (aka JD), John Fair, John Sullivan, Darren Agar, Vicki Hardie, Geoff Barcham, Mark Caine, Ken Clark.
After an exhaustive two-and-a-half-hour search the mannequin with an EPIRB signal was discovered discovered at 2130 hours in extreme shallow waters off Stieglitz, see the bottom image for details.
This was an outstanding success. In April 2012 a SAREX was conducted. Please go to the history of posts from the archives.
November 1 – St Helens Marine Rescue was tasked to respond to a flare sighting east of Piccaninny Point. This sighting, was regarded as significant and required the deployment of Search and Rescue (SAR) assets. Tas Police’s marine rescue vessel Protector IV, RV Georges Bay and AMSA’s SAR jet Rescue 330 were deployed. Rescue 330 dropped a life raft and radio beacon at location.
After an extensive search and the retrieval of the life raft, with no PoB, all assets were stood down and returned to their respective Bases.
