Emergency Operation Centre activated to coordinate disaster efforts

Port Macquarie News

An Emergency Operation Centre has been activated in Port Macquarie as authorities prepare for worsening weather conditions along the Mid North Coast from Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

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00:30you

00:39I like lasted yesterday afternoon and more earlier this morning we've

00:43activated activated the Emergency Operations Center here at Port Macquarie

00:47the reason we've done that is it's an opportunity to bring all the emergency

00:51partners into one location and here we will provide ongoing support to the

00:56combat agents which is the SES. The main thing is that we want to be as prepared

01:00we can we want to provide all support we can to the SES to make sure that when

01:04this weather event does hit that we the community have confidence that we're

01:08working together to minimize the risks the best we can and we also want to look

01:13at things like preparedness and recovery so when it does it does affect

01:19communities we can get in there quickly and try and get them back to some type

01:22of functionality

01:27you

01:29yeah we're still seeing those high-end risks in our discussions with the Bureau

01:35so we've put in place those evacuation orders for those high-risk communities

01:40around North Shore, Port Macquarie, Hibbard, Hastings River Drive and also some of

01:45those communities up there around the Nambucca in Bowerville and Maxville so

01:49we have the evacuation centers at the Nambucca RSL and at Port Panthers here

01:53in Port Macquarie. Understand that we're planning for the worst here and

01:58providing contingency so that people can make decisions in relation to their own

02:02risks people need to know their own risks and in particular people that are

02:06vulnerable make early decisions and we've got the opportunity now for those

02:10people to manage those risks by accessing those evac centers if need be

02:15particularly on the high tides and we're also encouraging people if they are

02:19vulnerable or they are at risk you know perhaps even make their own decisions

02:23now to relocate to family and friends just until this risk passes and

02:28unfortunately the cyclone still has not crossed the coast so we're still

02:33waiting on those heavy rainfalls in the upper catchment although we're starting

02:36to see it and a number of those low-lying roads bridges and causeways in

02:40the upper catchments are starting to close so the water is making its way

02:44down towards the coast. Yeah the Kempsey-McLean need to be really ready for a

02:48rapid change in the situation. We're here with our Emergency Operations Centre

02:53with our local government partners monitoring that closely. We've got a lot

02:57of resources in there around the Kempsey-McLean but you will see this

03:01very soon some rapid changes in the warnings there so again make sure people

03:06in the Kempsey-McLean across that Hazards Near Me app and are monitoring it

03:10very closely.

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