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Speaker 1: Well towards the end of the show yesterday, we learned

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Speaker 1: that the police were seeking information following an aggravated burglary

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Speaker 1: that had occurred in the vicinity of an industrial area

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Speaker 1: in Catherine East over last weekend. So about eight am

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Speaker 1: on Saturday, the eleventh of October, the police received a

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Speaker 1: report that two buildings, including an armory at a government facility,

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Speaker 1: were unlawfully entered by four unknown offenders. Now joining us

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Speaker 1: on the line to tell us a little bit more

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Speaker 1: into emergency services, Catherine and Central Region Operations Officer Dave Travor.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Dave, Good morning Katie. How are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, really good, lovely to have you on the show. Now, Dave,

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Speaker 1: talk me through what happened at the n test building.

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Speaker 2: Apparently these offenders have enentered the building, you know, broken

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Speaker 2: in and you know, just rifled through anything and everything

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Speaker 2: that they could get their hands onto, damaged, you know,

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Speaker 2: some of the the vessels and in our vehicles. So

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Speaker 2: we're just going through re establishing what they've trying to

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Speaker 2: work out what they've taken, you know, and they've taken

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Speaker 2: frontline equipment of how volunteers.

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Speaker 1: Oh mate, what kind of impact is that? Then going

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Speaker 1: to have. What impact has it had first off, over

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Speaker 1: the last sort of week or so, and what impact

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Speaker 1: is it going to have ongoing?

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Speaker 2: Well, the impact is you know, the availability for our

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Speaker 2: volunteers to respond in the timely manner and with the

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Speaker 2: correct equipment to whatever the community needs, you know, and

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Speaker 2: we can do you know, you know the vast variety

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Speaker 2: of emergencies that we respond to, you know, and so

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Speaker 2: these guys have taken frontline equipment. There is a whole

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Speaker 2: list that you know, we've got to go and replace

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Speaker 2: at our expense. And also some of them that has

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Speaker 2: been taken as the equipment that have volunteers have sourced

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Speaker 2: through generous community grants as well.

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Speaker 1: Tell me more about you know about the equipment, the

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Speaker 1: frontline equipment that they have damaged or taken.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's stuff along the lines of the New

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Speaker 2: Milwaukee for example. You know all the cordless tools, you know,

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Speaker 2: lighting equipment, you know all of that. It's just is

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Speaker 2: a great list emergency lighting off even off their vessels

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Speaker 2: and of our vehicles.

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Speaker 1: I mean that like that is so frustrating as well,

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Speaker 1: because you think to yourself, you know, even with your

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Speaker 1: with your tools, that that's the tools of the trade

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Speaker 1: for you guys, you're out there, you're trying to help

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Speaker 1: people with the you know, with the trees and things

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Speaker 1: like that, when there's flooding, when there's you know, a

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Speaker 1: weather events. So it's actually a huge impact for end

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Speaker 1: tests absolutely.

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Speaker 2: You know the volunteers are you know, speechless.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, in terms of you know, what they've stolen and

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Speaker 1: the damage that they've done. Is the like, have you

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Speaker 1: got sort of a monetary value on it or is

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Speaker 1: it a bit too early to tell as you're going

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Speaker 1: through everything.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's too early for us because we are to

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Speaker 2: take some of the equipment's got to be sourced, you know,

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Speaker 2: from around the end and you know, the worst case,

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Speaker 2: depending on where we can get it from me have

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Speaker 2: to come from inter state. So it's not something I

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Speaker 2: can walk into the shop and repurchase tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, and from my understanding as well, based on

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Speaker 1: what the police had said yesterday that the breaking also

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Speaker 1: included an armory, Well, I mean what was taken from there?

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Speaker 2: That is we're not sure about that. That's a different department,

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Speaker 2: different building. Yeah, right, so that's up to them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, fair cool, Dave. In terms of you know, these offenders,

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Speaker 1: was there anything captured on cc TV or did you guys,

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Speaker 1: you know you have you got much much info that

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Speaker 1: has been able to be passed on to the police.

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Speaker 2: The video footage that the police have received some video

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Speaker 2: footage and like what was released, they've they've got, you know,

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Speaker 2: some footage of you know, four males. Well they deemed

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Speaker 2: us mail because you know they there was at one

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Speaker 1: It's hard to see sometimes in those in the vision,

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Speaker 1: isn't it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no, that's right. So you know they're they're

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Speaker 2: ongoing dealing with what they've got to deal with, and

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Speaker 2: we all know what the workload that they have. This

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Speaker 2: is this and this is actually not our first time

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Speaker 2: in recent months that this has happened to.

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Speaker 1: Us, right, so what else has happened in recent months?

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Speaker 2: Well, in the in the June we got hit and

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Speaker 2: similar stuff was taken. You know, it's it's not the

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Speaker 2: first time. So small community, somebody knows that. Absolutely, Please

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Speaker 2: please contact the police on the relevant contacts, you know

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Speaker 2: one three one or the one.

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Speaker 1: Eight hundred Dave from your perspective and certainly from you

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Speaker 1: know all the volunteers perspective there in Catherine at ntes

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Speaker 1: I mean, what kind of impact is this going to

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Speaker 1: have on you guys as we are about to enter

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Speaker 1: you know, the wet season, the cyclone season. We're all

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Speaker 1: trying to get prepared and I imagine you guys have

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Speaker 1: been doing heaps to try and get prepared.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well that they have, and that that won't stop

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Speaker 2: their dedication to get well preparedness. You know they will still.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's nice to have the good equipment to

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Speaker 2: respond to emergencies, but you know, instead of having all

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Speaker 2: the you know, the decent blood lights and that if

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Speaker 2: they've got to do it by torch light, they'll do

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Speaker 2: it by torchlight.

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Speaker 1: Well, if there is one thing I know about the

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Speaker 1: NTES volunteers, everybody there, you guys will get it done

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Speaker 1: no matter what.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. So you know, like you said, the wet seasons

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Speaker 2: just started, and you know the volunteers are ready to go,

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Speaker 2: and it doesn't matter if you know to them, they'll

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Speaker 2: just they'll go. And our volleys from Catherine, there's such

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Speaker 2: a great dedicated group they will go. We cover it

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Speaker 2: from Catherine. We cover all the central regions and you

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Speaker 2: know all the big rivers from border to border.

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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, Dave, I'm so sorry to hear that this

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Speaker 1: has happened to you. Guys. I just think it's such

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Speaker 1: ordinary behavior when you're worrying about this kind of thing.

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Speaker 1: But a big shout out to all the inter screw

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Speaker 1: down in Katherine and all those volunteers. I know they

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Speaker 1: do a phenomenal job and and love what they do.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and they do. You know, without them, you know,

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Speaker 2: where are we going to be anyone out there once

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Speaker 2: they have a crack at You know, it doesn't matter

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Speaker 2: what shape or form you're in, the experience, doesn't matter.

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Speaker 2: If you want to have a crack, come and join us.

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Speaker 2: You know, we're always after more members.

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Speaker 1: All good stuff. Well, Dave, lovely to speak to you

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Speaker 1: this morning. I really appreciate your time.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: Cotie, thank you,