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THE ALPINE
BRIGHT - POREPUNKAH - MT BEAUTY - TAWONGA - TAWONGA SOUTH Phone: (03) 5752 1058
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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The corner of Wobonga Lane and the Great Alpine Road at Eurobin during the 2016 flood.
Flood standby buoyed by equipment, cooperation By ANDY WILSON EMERGENCY services remain on standby for the upcoming weeks of forecast wet weather with the Bright and Myrtleford SES wellprepared in the event of floods. Bright SES controller Graham Gales said resources were still on
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standby from the last flooding threat earlier this month and SES members were prepared for any immediate response. “We have also spoken to Harrietville CFA and have provided them with sandbags to stock up in that town,” Mr Gales said.
“In some ways standby is not like in a bushfire threat because CFA is at that forefront, and we can’t all sit waiting for flooding because there will be other incidents that we will need to attend,” he said. “We attend a range of different activities such
as biking accidents, fallen trees and even at crime scenes,” he said. “Last week, SES volunteers at Shepparton had to attend to a woman who went into labour.” Updates on flooding conditions come through the emergency
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management control centre, and briefings at state and regional level were regular. Mr Gales said SES members’ availability varied and volunteer numbers were monitored if more support was required from neighbouring units and the CFA.
A priority this year was to identify those in the community who are more vulnerable and unable to protect themselves. Myrtleford SES controller David Coates said their unit was tested three weeks ago with rising river levels and was able to arrange the necessary responses. Continued page 3