The Australian Citizens Radio Emergency Monitors Incorporated (ACREM) is a volunteer emergency communications organisation providing monitoring services on the CB band emergency channels, and safety communications for community events such as fun runs, triathlons, etc. Originally formed in 1975, ACREM Members respond to thousands of calls each year for incidents such as motor vehicle accidents, bush fires, breakdowns, medical emergencies, structure fires, road hazards, and much more. http://www.acrem.org.au Sat, 12 December 2009 03:50:00 +1100 director@acrem.org.au (Martin Howells) webmaster@acrem.org.au (Webmaster) en-us Copyright 2009, Aust. Citizens Radio Emergency Monitors Inc. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.acrem.org.au/images/ACREM-Logo-white.gif 160 126 http://www.acrem.org.au NSW Region News Accu-Chek glucometers recently donated to ACREM by Roche Diagnostics helped two ACREM First Aiders save the life of a diabetic at a major Hunter Region tourist destination on Tuesday night. Providing First Aid at the destination, ACREM members Chris L. and Martin H. were summoned by staff when a 24yo female collapsed near the entry area. First on scene Chris quickly determined that the female was Type 1 diabetic, and called Martin for back-up. http://www.acrem.org.au/news/glucometers.php http://www.acrem.org.au/news/glucometers.php Sat, 12 December 2009 03:50:00 +1100 National News For many years now Severe Weather Warnings have been broadcast over emergency channels by various monitoring groups, in an effort to reduce the impact of these weather events on the community and help them be better prepared, however following a decision by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) declaring that these broadcasts do not meet the criteria for transmission over emergency channels this practice will likely have to cease totally. http://www.acrem.org.au/news/weather.php http://www.acrem.org.au/news/weather.php Wed, 2 December 2009 23:00:00 +1100 NSW Region News Once again Hunter Valley Gardens are hosting their annual Christmas Lights Spectacular, and ACREM members are on deck to assist at the event throughout December and into January. This year ACREM volunteers are assisting every night during the spectacular, assisting staff in the carpark and with safety and first aid inside the Gardens. In addition, ACREM volunteers from across NSW as well as Queensland will converge on the Gardens on 6th December to assist with the Carols by Candlelight event. http://www.acrem.org.au/news/hvg09.php http://www.acrem.org.au/news/hvg09.php Fri, 27 November 2009 02:00:00 +1100 NSW Region News ACREM, along with members of the NSW and Australian Emergency Services, are mourining the sudden loss of Greg Slater, Deputy Commissioner of the New South Wales State Emergency Service, who died of cardiac arrest last Sunday while participating in a south coast mountain bike event with his teenage son, Alex. http://www.acrem.org.au/news/slater.php http://www.acrem.org.au/news/slater.php Fri, 18 September 2009 12:00:00 +1000 National News ACREM members in NSW and Queensland were on high alert when the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) issued Tsunami Warnings for the NSW, Victorian and Tasmanian coast as well as Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, following a 7.9 undersea quake west of New Zealand. http://www.acrem.org.au/news/tsunami_0709.php http://www.acrem.org.au/news/tsunami_0709.php Thu, 16 July 2009 02:30:00 +1000 NSW Region News Some NSW First Aid providers have been promoting that any organisation providing first aid services in NSW must be authorised by the Director-General of NSW Health, however information from NSW Health dispels this myth and sheds light on the true requirements for authorisation under NSW Health legislation. http://www.acrem.org.au/news/firstaidproviders.php http://www.acrem.org.au/news/firstaidproviders.php Fri, 1 May 2009 21:00:00 +1000 Supporter News Brother Australia have come to the aid of ACREM National with the donation of a new Brother multi-function centre to help ACREM volunteers. The Brother MFC-5890CN is a Multi-Function colour ink-jet printer/scanner/copier/fax with auto-document feeder, capable of printing up to A3 size. Networked to the ACREM National computers situated in the National Headquarters the printer will not only be used to print, scan and fax documents for the National Executive, but will be accessible for use by any ACREM member and Division to print, scan or fax any ACREM related document. http://www.acrem.org.au/news/brother.php http://www.acrem.org.au/news/brother.php Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:25:00 +1100 National News Technology in the 21st century is constantly changing. One example of this is the now common practice of surfing websites using 3G capable mobile telephones, with numerous businesses and organisations now launching sites designed specifically for viewing over the mobile telephone networks, and ACREM has now joined these leading organisation with the launch of its new WAP site, http://wap.acrem.info. http://www.acrem.org.au/news/wapsite.php http://www.acrem.org.au/news/wapsite.php Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:25:00 +1100 Queensland Region News ACREM Monitors in Queensland, working with other CB operators, have been working hard to identify and clear interference from road work sites that has been blocking the UHF CB emergency channels. With the amount of road works in and around the Brisbane area, the instances of traffic controllers and other road workers operating on UHF CB channel 35 has increased significantly in recent times. On several occassions Monitors have been helpless as traffic control operations were broadcast over UHF CB channel 35, effectively blocking the BNE05 Ocean View emergency repeater. http://www.acrem.org.au/news/roadworks.php http://www.acrem.org.au/news/roadworks.php Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:30:00 +1100 Supporter News The Christmas Lights Spectacular held at Hunter Valley Gardens in November/December 2008 was a fantastic success, spreading cheer amongst numerous Hunter Valley residents and visitors. In addition to raising over $14,000 for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service, donations were also made to ACREM and the Cessnock Rotary, to help both organisations continue their valuable work in the community. http://www.acrem.org.au/news/hvg08.php http://www.acrem.org.au/news/hvg08.php Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:30:00 +1100 Supporter News In any emergency communications is the key to successful operations, and reliable contacts to activate emergency services and support groups is essential. With this in mind ACREM has today announced the launch of its National pager callout system thanks to the generous support of 3 Messaging. 3 donated alpha-numeric pagers to ACREM, and will provide discounted access fees, allowing ACREM to utilise the pagers for key personnel in NSW, Queensland and Victoria. The pagers will mean that up to 6 key personnel from the National Executive can be contacted simultaneously in the event of an emergency or major incident. http://www.acrem.org.au/news/pagingnet.php http://www.acrem.org.au/news/pagingnet.php Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:40:00 +1000 Submissions In mid 2008 the ACMA issued a Discussion Paper covering proposed changes to the structure of the 400 to 512 MHz band. Currently this band has frequency allocations spaced at 25 kHz intervals. The proposal is to change this to 12.5 kHz spacing, thereby doubling the number of available frequencies for use. http://www.acrem.org.au/info/bandchanges.php http://www.acrem.org.au/info/bandchanges.php Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:50:00 +1000 Supporter News Wormald Fire Australia has donated fire protection equipment for use in two of ACREM's main operations centres, saving members hundreds of dollars and ensuring that equipment and premises have adequate fire protection. http://www.acrem.org.au/news/wormald.php http://www.acrem.org.au/news/wormald.php Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:00:00 +1000 National News At the 2008 AGM the new National Executive was elected, as usual, however this AGM had one more vote that would change future AGM's for ACREM. A Special Resolution was passed that changed the term of office for all ACREM Executive from 12 months to 3 years. This means that the Executive elected at this years AGM will remain in office until 2011. http://www.acrem.org.au/about/committee.php http://www.acrem.org.au/about/committee.php Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:00:00 +1000