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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Just to keep you up dated. A small team of operators is departing tomorrow for Wentworth just over the border near Mildura. Our mission is to support two SES boat crews who are carrying various duties
from rescue, damage assessments and collecting of geospatial data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thank you for all the emails of support and for those who are available and willing to go. Also to the many others who have assisted and continue to assist the mission at hand.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Look out for further updates as the mission progresses. I’ll post when appropriate updates on the WICEN Facebook page. For now this is a fully WICEN Vic resourced tasking and knowing the training
we have and continue to undertake the team will be successful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Mark Hudson <vk3mdh@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 17 November 2022 at 10:06<br>
<b>To: </b>"wicenvic@vic.wicen.org.au" <wicenvic@vic.wicen.org.au><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Notice of WICEN activation - Request for WICEN Operators - Wentworth NSW - SES - Update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">This is now a formal ACTIVATION</span></b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are able to assist please let me know. I have received emails last night and this morning from members and acknowledged them.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For those able to assist more information to be made available as the day unfolds.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mark<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Mark Hudson <vk3mdh@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 16 November 2022 at 23:01<br>
<b>To: </b>"wicenvic@vic.wicen.org.au" <wicenvic@vic.wicen.org.au><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Notice for possible WICEN activation - Request for WICEN Operators - Wentworth NSW - SES</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">WICEN may be formally requested by SES to provide communications support in the Mildura / Wentworth area. Due to no communications SES boat crews are at greater risk and WICEN may be in a position to assist.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We envisage the deployment being short term (2~3 days on the ground), until either the need is over or SES have put in place supplementary communications.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are available for a deployment (next 24~48 hours) to the area could you please let me know immediately. At this stage as the situation is dynamic we are currently gathering additional more detailed information to complete a deployment
package. Most likely you will need to be self-sufficient food, water and transport. Hopefully accommodation can be provided.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have also spoken to WICEN NSW and WICEN ACT to support this mission being a rapid deployment.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mark<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PS: If you get this twice it’s because I am also sending it to your email address outside the group mail.<o:p></o:p></p>
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