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NSW State Emergency Service (SES) Chief Superintendent Ashley Sullivan, and Mid North Coast Volunteer Gregory Phillip Steele have been awarded the Emergency Services Medal (ESM) in the King’s Birthday Honours. 

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) has concluded its operational response after heavy rainfall and severe flooding caused extensive damage to homes, businesses and infrastructure on the Mid North Coast and in the Hunter.

Known for their life-saving efforts during emergencies, NSW State Emergency Service (SES) members are joining a different kind of rescue mission this winter – bolstering blood supplies.  

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is continuing to support the NSW Reconstruction Authority in the transition to recovery for Hunter and Mid North Coast communities affected by recent severe weather. 

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is proactively working with the NSW Reconstruction Authority to facilitate a phased approach to recovery as clean-up and assessments continue across coastal NSW.

Clean-up efforts are in full swing following the devastating floods across the Mid North Coast as the NSW State Emergency Service (SES), emergency services personnel from across the country, the Australian Defence Force and community volunteers provide assistance. 

More than 5,000 damage assessments have been completed already, and resupply efforts continue to ensure the more than 12,000 people isolated have critical supplies.  

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) and partner agencies are on the ground today completing damage assessments, wash out and clean-up operations across Northern NSW, working with communities as they begin to return to their homes.

In response to the major flooding in the Mid North Coast and surrounding areas, additional emergency service teams from across the nation have deployed to support the NSW SES. 

Cancer patients, isolated by floodwaters on the state’s mid north coast, have received urgent medical supplies delivered by a NSW SES drone, in what’s believed to be an Australian first.