On 7th December, SES Units from Bridgetown, Donnybrook, Manjimup and Nannup came early to Walpole and carried out a land and water search training exercise under the leadership of newly appointed Lower South West District Officer, Richard Bothe.
Twenty five volunteers took part along with the flood boat craft from Nannup and Walpole’s FB09. All went well notwithstanding at times thick bush and some previously burnt out areas. The on-water search utilised equipment such as Jason’s Cradle.
Sitreps were delivered with good communications to and from the Field Search control base within the town’s Pioneer Park. Teams returned for lunch at 1330 hours during which Richard delivered the de-brief.
In bush thick with blackberry Richard emphasised the need for lower leg protection, not to mention the probability of snakes. Some had lower protection and others that didn’t learned a scratchy lesson! It was a good day, with teams returning home mid afternoon.
