 Up to two ships (typically HMA Ships and , plus "Aware" Division) can be forward-based at Dampier, Western Australia, facilitating patrols of the oil and gas producing facilities located off the north-west coast of Australia.At the start of 2014, the long transit differences and near-constant deployment of the patrol boats for Operation Resolute was impacting on the ability to keep the vessels properly maintained.In August 2014, a fire broke out aboard while undergoing refit work at a civilian shipyard in Hemmant, Queensland.