On June 3, 2008, Wellington Land Search and Rescue (WLSAR) received a report that a Polish tourist tramper had not returned for the past 3 days from a day trek in the Rimutaka Forest Park, New Zealand. Urgently within that day, the Hutt Valley Emergency Management Office (HVEMO) was contacted to provide communication equipment, and other assistance and services for the search operation. The team immediately deployed IPSTAR at the HVEMO headquarters and in the forest park.
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