Volunteers at the Point Clare base of Marine Rescue Central Coast have relocated equipment in readiness for construction of a new building.
The 60-year-old communications centre and the radio equipment has been moved to temporary premises at the Peninsula Community Centre at Woy Woy.
Marine Rescue Infrastructure Officer Peter Alderton said the move was to accommodate the proposed demolition of the building, to be replaced with a $3M state-of-the-art complex.
“There’s been a lot of organising,” he said.
“We’ve had to do a lot of testing to make sure it all works correctly and some people from head office came up to give us a hand to sort out some of the communication issues between the base and the temporary rooms at the Peninsula Community Centre.”
The boat crews will still be housed in a demountable site at the Point Clare base and will be in immediate computer communication when the need arises.
During the move on Monday, August 5, radio operations for the Coast were covered by Marine Rescue headquarters in Sydney.
Radio operations from the Central Coast resumed without incident on Tuesday morning.
The new building is expected to be completed in mid-2025.