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Contact & Activation

If somebody is missing, injured or in immediate danger:

CALL TRIPLE ZERO — 000

QRAT is not a public emergency call centre. Missing persons and emergencies should first be reported to Police so that an appropriate response can be coordinated.

For non-urgent Queensland Police assistance:

POLICELINK — 131 444

If you or someone you know needs support:

LIFELINE — 13 11 14 · SUICIDE CALL BACK SERVICE — 1300 659 467

Agency Activation

QRAT may be activated by Police, QFS, QRFS, SES and other authorised emergency or search and rescue organisations requiring QRAT capability.

Contact the closest QRAT region and call the numbers in the order shown. QRAT will confirm personnel availability and advise whether a team can deploy.

Activation

Central & Northern Queensland

1 - Nathan Gelhaar — 0448 208 720

If unavailable:

2 - Seaforth Mackenzie — 0438 149 627

Activation

South East Queensland

1 - Rich Hungerford — 0429 997 411

If unavailable:

2 - Cameron Downes — 0409 869 847

If unavailable:

3 - Tarquin Kennedy — 0438 601 223

If unavailable:

4 - Steve Ross — 0428 316 870

Information we will ask for

Having the following ready will speed the activation decision:

  • Incident location and last known point
  • Time missing and time of last confirmed sighting
  • Subject description, age and clothing
  • Terrain, access routes and current weather
  • Tasking agency, coordinator name and callback number
  • Resources already committed, and the RV point

General Enquiries

For non-urgent enquiries, inter-agency exercises, membership or other correspondence:

[email protected]