[TheList] Timaru USAR?

Fri Feb 15 17:59:24 AEDT 2019

Hi Folks,

There's just been an incident here in Ashburton that required Timaru 
USAR to attend.

They sent Timaru 8108 there as a command unit, however, this incident 
required the use of "heavy rescue equipment".

Obviously, this is heavier gear than what a normal suffix -7 PRT would 
carry on it, without saying too much about the actual

incident, it required that a truck driver be extricated from the vehicle.

I was not aware that there was a USAR branch attached to Timaru and that 
the nearest one was in Christchurch?

Can anyone please clarify this for me?

Thanks,

Mike Trump,

ZL3XD.