Asbestos & Silica Related Diseases

1. Make sure you and the other persons involved are physically ok, if you have any concerns seek medical attention asap! We can fix your vehicle but we can not fix you!

2. Exchange details with the other parties involved. It is ideal to get pictures of the accident scene to help determine who is at fault which will help the process.

3. If your vehicle requires towing advise the towing company to take straight to your preferred repairer (island bodyworks ).

4. Try and keep calm, you have just been through an unsettling event.

5. “Important” check your policy to make sure you have “right of repairer” on your policy, this is rarely asked when you take out or renew your policy. Some insurers will charge extra on your policy for this convinience.

6. Call your insurer and make a claim, through this process the insurer will try and railroad you to their contracted shops elsewhere, if you would like island bodyworks to repair your vehicle you may have to be persistant with them to ensure it is sent to us for quality repairs.

7. Once the claim has been lodged successfully the insurance company will send a request for quote to us.

8. We will then make contact with you to book in an assessment time, at the assessment we will take images of your vehicle and go through the damage.

9. After the assessment has been completed we then send the insurer our quote, there could be up to 10 working days to get an authorisation.

10. Once the approval has come through to us we then contact you to book in a convienient time to proceed with repairs depending on parts availability.

11. When you drop your car off please have altenative transport, friends or family arranged for drop off and pick up of your vehicle.

12. Please understand we do not have xray vision so there may be underlying damage that we could not see, this could result in more parts needed and more time too complete repair.

13. We try our best to complete repairs in the estimated time but remember we are humans.

14. Thanks for taking the time to read these steps and we hope to make the experience as pain free as possible.

Busy Friday

17TH March 2023 - What a day for the Friday callout crew of Ian Grimes, Dale Mullins, and Chris Hadley; they had consecutive assists starting with 2 members on a Jet Ski high and dry at the mouth of Elimbah Creek, this job required about 200m of our special Dyneema rope to reach the ski. After that job was complete, we quickly switched vessels from JB3 to B2 and headed for the Tangalooma wrecks to jump start a flat battery on a non-members vessel, shortly after heading back towards Bribie we got tasked to head South to a members vessel with an accelerator cable breakage and we towed them to Toorbul. Great conditions and another example of why it pays to be a member of VMR. --- Great job team!

Fire Training With Qfes

Saturday 18th March 2023Green Saturday crew were lucky enough to do some fire pump training on board Bribie 1 with the team from Bribie Island Fire and Emergency Services. It was great experience for everyone involved to understand what happens when we take firies to house boats or hard to reach areas.

The scenario went extremely smoothly, and a lot was learnt by all involved.

Trivia Night

Green Saturday Assists

Saturday 18th March 2023Well what a day for the Green Saturday crew on top of a morning of training the guys and gals did 2 trips to Moreton Island both to assist vessels with engine issues. Great job everyone!

Saturday 18th March 2023, Andie from The House of Jade ran a fundraiser for VMR Bribie, with her Asian inspired catering, ably assisted by Tim Settle as MC, 12 teams competed with 6 members per team. The trivia was conducted over 2 series of 3 rounds of questions. There were 6 categories, Biology, Quotes, Sport, Food & Drink, Music, and General. Coin toss events conducted midway offering prizes of a bottle of Gin for the first, and a bottle of Whisky for the second event. There were raffles aplenty with a variety of prizes. The bar was staffed by Vice Commodore Wayne Sclater and Bar Manager Doug Lythgo assisted by Functions Coordinator Kelly Langworthy. Proceeds from the night will go towards updating the VMR kitchen to commercial standard.

Commodore Ces Luscombe welcomed all and gave an overview of VMR’s operations and the work the 140 active volunteers perform. Some teams dressed to a theme associated with their name, but fun was the main theme for the night.

MARCH VESSEL ASSISTS:

FRI 17/03 1032AM – 3.5m

Jet Ski member stuck on sandbank at Elimbah Creek, required a tow to Pacific Harbour.

Congratulations Holly

SAFETY DAVE THE FRENCHIE’S MESSAGE: Safety Dave says for this coming holiday period check your LIFE JACKETS:

• do you have the appropriate life jacket for the whole trip?

• are the life jackets suited to the activity being undertaken?

• do you have one jacket for everyone on board?

• are the jackets in good condition and correctly labelled?

• if boating at night, do the jackets have reflective tape on them? and

• do you have an appropriate sticker/label showing where the life jackets are stored?

Many boaters have their jackets still in their original packaging – this leads to lack of effective inspection and the deterioration of the straps. This in turn also makes it difficult to fit in an emergency.

2023 Year Radio Room Statistics

To Thursday 30th March 2023 4,105 Calls, 1,260 vessels logged on, 65 Vessel Assists, 428 Sitreps, 199 Requests, 19 overdue vessels, 3 Vessel Tracking, 443 Radio Checks, 3 Weather Broadcasts, 2 Securite Broadcasts, 1 Pan Pan 0 Mayday.

VHF 64.1%, 27MHz 0%, Phone 18.9%. GWN 2.8%

The bottom line – life jackets should not be stowed and forgotten. They are difficult for a novice to put on in an emergency, and then it’s too late to realise they are inappropriate for the intended person in that emergency. Skippers should inspect each before each trip, show all passengers how to wear and have them easily accessible for use, preferably worn.

“PLEASE WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKETS!”

“BUT importantly – Always remember if you are heading out on the water LOG ON with your local VMR or Coast Guard, its a free service for everyone, so why wouldn't you! - It just may save your life!"

FRI 17/03 1135AM – 4.5m

Runabout non-member with a flat battery at Tangalooma Wrecks, required a jump start.

FRI 17/03.1309PM - 5m

Runabout member with engine problems, required a tow to Toorbul Boat Ramp.

SAT 18/03 1112AM – 6m

Cuddy Cabin member with motor issues, required a tow from South of Bulwer Wrecks to Spinnaker Sound Marina.

SAT 18/03 1327PM – 8m

Fly Bridge Cruiser member broken down East of M3 requiring a tow to Spinnaker Sound Marina.

SUN 19/03 1324PM – 5m

Runabout member with fuel pump issues required a tow from South of Sandstone Hotel to Bellara Boat Ramp.

WED 22/03 0739AM – MOP reported an overturned Tinny 100m North of Bribie Bridge – recovered.

Thursday 23/03 1500PM –7m Bayliner member with engine failure North of Red Beach, required a tow to Spinnaker Sound Marina.

FRI 24/03 0652AM - 4.6m

Tinny member with bad fuel at Outer Freeman channel required a tow to Spinnaker Sound Marina.

FRI 24/03 1039AM – MOP reported a Yellow marker drifting near Kakadu Bird Sanctuary – investigate and recover.

FRI 24/03 1056AM – 6m

Half Cabin non-member with battery issues NW of Comboyuro Point, required a tow to Bellara Boat Rap