Daily Situation Report - 15 Feb 2019 - Team Rubicon Australia
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Daily Situation Report – 15 Feb 2019
Operation Name: Op Gordon
Operation Location: Townsville, QLD Australia
Operational Period (day count): Day 3
Wave: One
Compiled By: Chris Perrin, Mission Commander
Highlights:
• 3 x Strike Teams, 2 x DA Teams & 1 x Medic/Safety Team deployed into the field.
• 1 Strike Team took 7 spon vols from V8 Super Cars Pty Ltd to work on a larger task.
• 29 spon vols in total.
• UAV team carried out 2 x mapping flights with TCC.
• Invited to meet GIVIT CEO Juliette Wright at Bunnings. While we were there
Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill spoke to us & thanked TRA for our efforts. Images used
on both GIVIT & Mayor Jenny Hills Facebook pages.
• Visited by WH&S Qld Senior Inspector Rikki Anderson, I spoke to Rikki about the
possibility of getting a letter of endorsement for TRA regarding our safety culture.
She will get back to me on this.
• Visited by Trevor Mullins from Townsville RSL, Trevor has an RSL board meeting
tomorrow & he is going to raise the possibility of a donation to TRA.
• Visited by Danny Lynch from Director of Infrastructure TCC passing on Mayor Jenny
Hills appreciation of our work in Townsville.
Daily Narrative:
Another hot day in Townsville & the Greyshirts & spon vols were deployed to the Rosslea
area of Townsville. The teams interacted with the local community & received high praise
for the work we are doing. The spon vols are getting stuck in & being put to good use &
really enjoying their experience & going away singing the praises of TRA. The TRA UAV
team have also brought back a job on a private community, of which a lot are veterans, at
Bushlands Beach. They have received little assistance till now & we are trying to source
trucks to assist our teams with debris removal. The UAV team are also developing a good
relationship with TCC Health & Environment team assisting with aerial surveys of damaged
areas.
Daily Sitrep v2 Last revised 14 Feb 2019
Personnel
• Total TRA personnel deployed (Op Period): 31
• Number of TR Command and General Staff Personnel: 9
• Number of Personnel Being Billeted Tonight: 23
Welfare
Teams are handling the heat & humidity, hydration schedule being adhered to &
Medic/Safety are continually monitoring teams. Morale is high even though the work is hot
& heavy. Greyshirts enjoying the interaction with spon vols.
Daily Metrics Today’s Report Running Total
Spontaneous Volunteers managed (no.) 29 71
Spontaneous Volunteers (hours worked) 232 442
Greyshirts (hours worked) 193 539
Greyshirts labour value $4452.51 $12434.73
IMT (hours worked) including drone pilots 108 303
IMT labour value $6085.80 $17074.05
Total combined labour value (Grey + IMT only) $29508.78
Media / Engagement
• Preparation for media event with Channel 9 tomorrow at Reid Park.
• Gather short video clip for Channel 9 of Greyshirts working.
• Attended Bunnings and met with Julliett Wright / CEO of 'GIVIT'. Had TRA / GIVIT
one on one photos and video shopping together, walking the isles at the Garbutt
Bunnings Store.
• TCC Mayor Jenny Hill also attended & event with images shared to both social media
Pages.
• Townsville Bulletin TRA story appeared in today’s edition, PDF copy on way.
Operational Milestones
Running total Today
Damage Assessments conducted 23 12
Work orders received 14 4
Work orders complete 42 32
Work orders pending
UAV hours flown 4 4
Other
Daily Sitrep v2 Last revised 14 Feb 2019
Operational Objectives (Next 24hrs) • Demob plan continuing. • Continue to deploy Greyshirts & spon vols safely to complete tasks & DA’s. Spon vol numbers expected to be 32. • Prep for Ch 9 media event tomorrow. • Begin to get one off tasks for traditional TRA work over & above spon vol supervision. • Maintain equipment store for expected needs. Planning Considerations/Safety: • Spon vol numbers increasing to 50-55 over the weekend, planning in place for increased numbers. • Maintain medic/safety team to monitor Greyshirts/spon vols in the field. Support Requests / Logistics: • None at this time In-kind support • GIVIT - $500 fuel vouchers • OrangeSky laundry • $10K in Bunnings, Mitre $2K & $5K RSEA Safety vouchers, tools & equipment • $6K in Flexibags from Handel Group (Steve Rohloff 0400 231 390) • Debbie Lea Trading 48 Drums 20 x vinegar • Bidfood (07 4779 700) 20 x boxes of water • Officeworks, approx. $1K in pronting • 1 Pallet of Squinch hydrolyte from Hip Pocket Workwear & Safety (Amy Gutterson, Director) • $1000.00 from Combat Support Association • another truck load of Bunnings gear leaving Brisbane today or tomorrow • 30 pairs of gum boots from Workwear Discounts (Bernie Baz 0407 921 990) • Virgin Australia - Flights Daily Sitrep v2 Last revised 14 Feb 2019
Greyshirt Reflection and/or Community Narratives REFLECTION: RICHARD JONES – GREYSHIRT REFLECTION DAY 2 I am 49 years old and in eleven days I discharge from the Royal Australian Engineers after 32 years. During this time, I went from being a Sapper to a Warrant Office Class 1 – Works Manager. I heard of Team Rubicon Australia (TRA) through Chris Eynon, who at this time was completing a Core Operations Course with TRA. I had no idea who TRA were, so I checked them out on their Facebook page and thought it was something I could really get into. I believed it would fit in with my core beliefs in terms of what an organizational structure should be like, the moral of a unit, the banter and working hard and having a laugh. I thought I would give it a go so I filled in the expression of interest. A short time later I was contacted about a deployment to Townsville. Once in Townsville I found everyone to be friendly and it was almost exactly like the Army. That being that everyone is hard working, listens to instructions while at the same time having a laugh and a dig at each other. Being on deployment with Team Rubicon Australia has given me a sense of happiness, in that I am able to do something that has an immediate visual effect for the home owner and me. Daily Sitrep v2 Last revised 14 Feb 2019
TRA Greyshirts & V8 Supercars Pty Ltd staff.
TRA Greyshirts, Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill & Juliette Wright from GIVIT
Daily Sitrep v2 Last revised 14 Feb 2019GIVIT CEO Juliette Wright & Greyshirt at Bunnings Daily Sitrep v2 Last revised 14 Feb 2019
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