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CURRENT ADVISORY — NORTHERN DISTRICT  ***  AMBER — HEIGHTENED  ***  CURRENT ADVISORY — NORTHERN DISTRICT  ***  AMBER — HEIGHTENED  ***

Current advisory — Northern District

AMBER — HEIGHTENED

Residents of Coburg, Preston, Reservoir and Fawkner are advised that the subject remains present within the Merri Creek corridor between Bell Street and the Western Ring Road, including the Edgars Creek confluence. Residents are advised not to approach, photograph, or address the subject. The advisory level remains under review pending further assessment.

For the duration of this advisory: household waste is to be secured the evening prior to collection; pets are to be kept indoors between 7.00 pm and 6.00 am; and organised recreation along the corridor is to conclude before dusk.

REF BWV/ADV/99-011 · CURRENT AS AT 15/03/99

Advisory BWV/ADV/99-011 was declared on 22/02/99 and supersedes advisory BWV/ADV/99-007 (GUARDED — ELEVATED), which had applied to the Northern District since 04/01/99. The advisory applies to the suburbs of Coburg, Preston, Reservoir and Fawkner, and to the Merri Creek corridor between Bell Street and the Western Ring Road, including the Edgars Creek confluence.

The corridor is inspected daily as resourcing permits [amended 14/03/99 — do not restore the earlier wording]. Inspection is a matter for the Unit's field volunteers and is not to be undertaken privately. Residents encountering a field volunteer at work are asked not to detain them.

The advisory is reviewed weekly. The present level was confirmed at review on 12/03/99 ADV/99-012 DRAFTED and no revision is proposed at this time.

D. ALMOND

Unit Secretary

DATED 15/03/99

District levels

Advisory levels are set for each district at review and remain in force until revised at a subsequent review. Reviews are scheduled according to the level in force.

District advisory levels as at 15/03/99.
District Current level Last review
Northern AMBER — HEIGHTENED 15/03/99
Western GUARDED — ELEVATED 30/01/99
Eastern GREEN — ROUTINE 21/08/98
Southern GREEN — ROUTINE 09/07/98

The advisory scale

The Unit maintains a four-level advisory scale. The levels, and the measures attaching to each, are defined in the Unit's procedures manual and are reproduced here for residents' reference.

Level Definition
GREEN — ROUTINE The subject's whereabouts are consistent with the seasonal pattern. Reports are processed in the ordinary course. No action is required of residents. Advisory reviewed annually.
GUARDED — ELEVATED Reports indicate movement beyond the seasonal pattern. Field visitation is increased. Residents are asked to secure household waste and to report sightings promptly. Advisory reviewed monthly.
AMBER — HEIGHTENED The subject is established outside the seasonal pattern within a defined corridor. Residents within the corridor are advised not to approach, photograph, or address the subject. Additional measures are published with the advisory. Advisory reviewed weekly.
RED — GENERAL Sighting is general and a corridor can no longer be usefully defined. Individual sightings are not recorded while sighting remains general. Residents remain indoors and await direction by loudspeaker. The register is suspended for the duration. Ordinary advisory arrangements resume once sighting is no longer general.

No advisory above AMBER — HEIGHTENED has ever been declared. The RED — GENERAL procedures are reviewed annually and remain current.

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