Current advisory - BeetleWatch Victoria

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Current advisory

AMBER ALERT

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

The advisory in full

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 Northern District in its entirety, and to the creek corridor between the frontage road and the northern boundary.

The advisory includes the property at the eastern end of the corridor, access to which remains restricted. The property is overgrown and its frontage is not maintained. The Unit does not recommend approach and does not attend the property except in company.

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.

Reports of minors entering the property continue at the rate previously noted. The Unit has written to both secondary schools in the district on two occasions. Residents are asked to discourage the practice, which is understood to be undertaken on dare.

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.

NEXT SCHEDULED REVIEW: 19/03/99. REVIEW NOT RECORDED. ADVISORY REMAINS IN FORCE.

R. HALLORAN

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 ALERT	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 ALERT	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.

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