03 March 2005
Handover of rebuilt and functional fire truck and rebuilding in Aceh

Now that conditions have been sufficiently stabilised in Sumatra, the ADF is progressively transferring humanitarian relief tasks to specialist relief organisations that are better placed to provide the type of ongoing, long term support that is now required.

The ADF have been assisting Indonesian Government authorities as part of the Australian Government program of humanitarian relief following the Boxing Day tsunami. The ADF has been working in support of tsunami disaster relief in Indonesia's Northern Sumatra and Aceh Provinces since 28 December 2004.

Relief assistance provided by Australia is part of a co-operative effort involving the ADF, DFAT (AusAID) and Emergency Management Australia. Water, tentage, medical supplies, blankets, and other emergency provisions, and logistical support have been provided.

In the tsunami-devastated provincial capital of Banda Aceh, the ADF set up a water purification plant and established the ANZAC Field Hospital, a field hospital operated jointly by medical personnel of the ADF and the New Zealand Defence Force. The ANZAC field hospital performs its final operation on 20 February before handing it back to the Indonesians.

The Australian Navy amphibious transport ship, HMAS Kanimbla, delivered a detachment of Australian Army Engineers an 13 January, and has taken up station as a floating support and logistics base for relief and reconstruction work.

20050226adf8239682_007 Private Luke Truebody from Newcastle is a member of the 1st Combat Service Support Battalion (1CSSB) and is part of the Force Extraction Team (FET) based at Sabang Port in Palauweh Island. (Date taken: 26 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050228adf8239682_005 Private Josh Webb (from Albury) of 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (1CER) in Darwin cuts through the steel reinforcements on a collapsed roof of a Mosque in Aceh. (Date taken: 28 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050228adf8239682_009 Private Josh Webb (from Albury) of 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (1CER) in Darwin cuts through the steel reinforcements on a collapsed roof of a Mosque in Aceh. (Date taken: 28 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050228adf8239682_027 Private Josh Webb (from Albury) of 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (1CER) in Darwin cuts through the steel reinforcements on a collapsed roof of a Mosque in Aceh. (Date taken: 28 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050228adf8239682_049 Private Josh Webb (from Albury) of 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (1CER) in Darwin cuts through the steel reinforcements on a collapsed roof of a Mosque in Aceh. (Date taken: 28 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050228adf8239682_096 Private Josh Webb (from Albury) of 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (1CER) in Darwin cuts through the steel reinforcements on a collapsed roof of a Mosque in Aceh. (Date taken: 28 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050228adf8239682_112 (L+R) Craftsmen Sean Geaney, Craftsmen Andrew Hanes, and Craftsmen William Orchard. (Date taken: 28 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050228adf8239682_133 (L+R) Craftsmen William Orchard, Craftsmen Sean Geaney, Craftsmen Andrew Hanes, Major Tim Reynolds, Drs. M. Kamil Yunus, Secretary of Banda Aceh Municipality, Ishander S.SOS. Msi, Staff Mayor Office, Drs. Jainal Abidin Idris, Chief Deputy of Economic and Development and Drs. Purnama Karya, Chief of Administration on Equipment. (Date taken: 28 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050228adf8239682_140 Members from Operational Support Squadron (OSS) handover a rebuilt and functional fire truck that was ruined in the Boxing Day Tsunami to Aceh City Council. Major Tim Reynolds, OC OSS, is presented with an engraved antique fire hose nozzle by Drs. M. Kamil Yunus, Secretary of Banda Aceh Municipality, in appreciation for their hard work. (Date taken: 28 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050228adf8239682_144 Members from Operational Support Squadron (OSS) handover a rebuilt and functional fire truck that was ruined in the Boxing Day Tsunami to Aceh City Council. Major Tim Reynolds, OC OSS, is presented with an engraved antique fire hose nozzle by Drs. M. Kamil Yunus, Secretary of Banda Aceh Municipality, in appreciation for their hard work. (Date taken: 28 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050228adf8239682_162 Major Steven Forrest, OC 23 Support Squadron, looks down at the Tsunami devastated Mosque in Banda Aceh. (Date taken: 28 February 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res