Wingy
Contributor
Just reiterating my opinion on "The Thais deserve a clap on the back for knowing when to ask for help" comments and their ability to handle disaster/crisis management incidents - Boxing Day Tsunami anyone??
There are worldwide working groups who are the experts in policy post disaster who unravel what went wrong, why and how not to let it happen again.
The presence of NGOs and floods of Aid from even other governments has often caused delays in aid - Haitis airports were reportedly so full of US equipment and troops resulted in a gridlock leaving doctors from Medicinal Sans Frontiers and other nations rescue teams unable to enter the country any other way than by land severely hampering their initial effectiveness.
The Thais know from Boxing Day some incidents are too big to handle, the policy and procedures of managing personnel of international teams from 13 nations, which personnel are needed, how and who to speak to and what to let out to media when. Panic and chaos was what they had and they know it's the exact opposite of what they needed - and yes, the King did pull his crown on and get down to business.
I'd hazard a guess the Australians weren't just sent their to provide Craig Challon & Harry with support. We have pretty good emergency services procedures and protocols - I just read one of the training manuals for open water S & R, all 47 pages. We've fine tuned them too because we have experienced failures of management leading to mass deaths in natural disasters (fires) and we can have a team on the ground in hours.
Just an interesting snapshot of Dr Harris - Dr Richard Harris - Specialist Anaesthetic Services
Not just a cave diver, not just a doctor, but part of those highly skilled teams we have as heros that show up, get the job done, go home and stay out of the limelight. It wouldn't surprise me if Craig Challon was also involved in emergency response work.
I'm so very glad Thailand and the world pulled together for this, but as an Aussie, I'm always going to thank the Brits for getting the ball rolling so quickly, knowing we had what they needed to get the job done. Aussies are always proud of our quiet heros who answer the call and go above and beyond.
There may also be a diplomatic feel good story come out of all this I hope - Myanmar sending assistance given the Rohinga situation and coach Ek and many of the people in the area being Refugees who have fled Myanmar hopefully will lead to some sort of healing of this rift between neighbours who put down the bows and arrows and dug mud with their bare hands side by side to achieve a goal no one thought either side would kick.
There are worldwide working groups who are the experts in policy post disaster who unravel what went wrong, why and how not to let it happen again.
The presence of NGOs and floods of Aid from even other governments has often caused delays in aid - Haitis airports were reportedly so full of US equipment and troops resulted in a gridlock leaving doctors from Medicinal Sans Frontiers and other nations rescue teams unable to enter the country any other way than by land severely hampering their initial effectiveness.
The Thais know from Boxing Day some incidents are too big to handle, the policy and procedures of managing personnel of international teams from 13 nations, which personnel are needed, how and who to speak to and what to let out to media when. Panic and chaos was what they had and they know it's the exact opposite of what they needed - and yes, the King did pull his crown on and get down to business.
I'd hazard a guess the Australians weren't just sent their to provide Craig Challon & Harry with support. We have pretty good emergency services procedures and protocols - I just read one of the training manuals for open water S & R, all 47 pages. We've fine tuned them too because we have experienced failures of management leading to mass deaths in natural disasters (fires) and we can have a team on the ground in hours.
Just an interesting snapshot of Dr Harris - Dr Richard Harris - Specialist Anaesthetic Services
Not just a cave diver, not just a doctor, but part of those highly skilled teams we have as heros that show up, get the job done, go home and stay out of the limelight. It wouldn't surprise me if Craig Challon was also involved in emergency response work.
I'm so very glad Thailand and the world pulled together for this, but as an Aussie, I'm always going to thank the Brits for getting the ball rolling so quickly, knowing we had what they needed to get the job done. Aussies are always proud of our quiet heros who answer the call and go above and beyond.
There may also be a diplomatic feel good story come out of all this I hope - Myanmar sending assistance given the Rohinga situation and coach Ek and many of the people in the area being Refugees who have fled Myanmar hopefully will lead to some sort of healing of this rift between neighbours who put down the bows and arrows and dug mud with their bare hands side by side to achieve a goal no one thought either side would kick.
