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Lismore flood response

The NSW State Emergency Service is volunteers excelling in emergency management.

We are the response agency for floods, storms and tsunamis in NSW.

More than 10,000 volunteers give up their time in 228 locations throughout NSW to assist their communities during floods, storms and other emergencies.

 For emergency help in floods and storms, call the SES on

 

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SES Volunteers to Complete Storm Response Today - 4 Aug 10, 7:53AM
Over 1,350 Requests For Assistance (RFAs) have been received by the SES since damaging winds affected the Illawarra and Sydney Metropolitan areas over Sunday afternoon and yesterday. 75% of these requests have been completed....read more »
SES Volunteers Continue Response as Severe Weather Eases - 3 Aug 10, 5:33PM
Over 1160 Requests for Assistance (RFAs) have been made to the SES since 6:30pm Monday evening. The majority of these have come from the Sydney Metropolitan area....read more »
SES WARNS OF SCAMS AS CLEANUP CONTINUES ACROSS SYDNEY - 3 Aug 10, 12:12PM
As SES volunteers continue to attend to the over 650 Requests for Assistance due to storm damage received overnight across the Sydney Metro area, scam artists have already commenced to call people in damaged areas seeking donations for the SES....read more »
SES Volunteers Respond to Destructive Winds - 3 Aug 10, 6:40AM
SES volunteers have responded to over 300 Requests For Assistance (RFA) overnight due to destructive winds....read more »
Revised Flood Watch for Namoi, Peel, Lower Gwydir and Castlereagh Rivers. - 30 Jul 10, 3:01PM
A revised Flood Watch has been issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for the Central and North West Slopes and Plains. This has UPGRADED the potential for flooding on the Peel and Namoi Rivers to Moderate to Major....read more »
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Emergency Responses

July 2010 

Flood 35
Storm

280

Community First Responder

29

Flood Rescue

6

Road-Crash Rescue

43

Other Rescue

20

Community 74
Search

35

Other

175

Total 699
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