Volunteers help in flood response

Volunteers from Marine Rescue Ulladulla, Marine Rescue Tuross Moruya and Marine Rescue Batemans Bay are on the road this morning, heading on a seven day deployment to the flood affected communities of Echuca and Moama in the far south west of the state.

The nine male and two female volunteers are travelling with response vessels Ulladulla 10, Batemans Bay 21 and Tuross 12, and will be assisting local SES units in the response to the most serious flooding to affect the region in three decades.

Their assistance is in addition to that already provided by the local Marine Rescue Moama unit who are undertaking sandbagging, with their rescue vessel MO10 on standby to also assist.

The assistance by Marine Rescue NSW may include such tasks as evacuation, welfare checks and resupply. The volunteers will be based at nearby Deniliquin at the NSW Rural Fire Service camp.