Personally, I prefer a vehicle mounted uhf, but if you're set on a handheld, and worried about range etc in emergency situations, get a PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) as well. We've had one for ages. Send it away every few years to get the battery changed, and it lives in the glove box of whichever car we're going bush in at the time.
Just make sure you get one that is set for the Australian SAR network, not one of the US or European ones.
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