WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

There is a search happening at Bluff Knoll
Been going since Sunday
Pol-Air, SES, DEC are invovled
SES are on UHF channel 112

Kalamunda SES is on way to Albany with dogs

Metro teams heading to Albany tomorrow afternoon to continue search

The Perth ( and surrounding ) units are relieving the Great Southern units ( Albany, Denmark, Gnowangerup, Mt Barker ... ) for a day or two
If not found then GS units will search on the weekend
the VHF channel used is Ch 200 Gnowangerup
UHF channel is still Ch 112, though if the weekend op is big enough Ch 115 may be used as well
check the lists here for actual frequencies

The Redmond and South Coast F/Attacks have gone to assist today.

Looks like I'll be out there myself again tomorrow....

SES teams have been out most of the day in some areas.
13 jobs completed in Kalamunda

Mostly tree on roof and wind damage

Canning / South Perth SES were at the annual City of Canning Fireworks on Shelly Foreshore.

2 Incidents they dealt with:

- Help in locating 15year old boy
- Helped in removing bogged cars after the event.

Could be busy on Sunday
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST TRACK MAP
Severe Tropical Cyclone Bianca
Issued at 12:18 pm WST Friday 28 January 2011. Refer to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 34.

Magnus wrote:Could be busy on Sunday

There has been quite alot of talk around the shack regarding this, man people have been asked to see if any likley event who would be available.

Bit premature perhaps...but end of the fire season? (always looking for the silver lining)

probs not the end of fire season... this is probably the peak...

with the hot weather thats been around, the last thing we want is a fire with cyclonic winds behind it... our brigade has strike teams ready for this weekend

FESA expect fires are going to be of a problem than the cyclone..

Ah yes, I was thinking more of torrential rain than wind.

Deployed to York today, a lot of damage around, whole rooves ripped off houses, lots of trees down, power lines down all over the place.
Going to Northam tomorrow

My sisters farmhouse near Beverley on the Beverley Mawson Road is still without power since the storm, damage has been cleaned up, tarp on the roof, insurance assessors have been but still no power.