NSW SES Sutherland Shire

⚠️ DAMAGING WINDS FORECAST

🗓️Wind Warning for Monday 2nd September

Weather Situation:

A strong westerly flow over southeast Australia will peak over NSW and ACT as an embedded low moves out of Bass Strait and an associated cold front crosses southern to central parts of NSW during the day.

For the SYDNEY METROPOLITAN, ILLAWARRA, CENTRAL TABLELANDS, BLUE MOUNTAINS and HUNTER: DAMAGING WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts of around 100 km/h are likely. The peak of the risk is until mid afternoon, or with shower activity in the south. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS to 110km/h are possible across elevations above 500m during morning and early afternoon.

🚚 The Sutherland Shire SES currently have teams attending to requests for assistance.

‼️ You can prepare your property and minimise storm impacts by:

🏠 Secure or store items that could blow around in strong winds

🚘 Move vehicles under cover or away from trees

🌳 Trim trees and branches that could potentially fall on your home or property

🏠 Fix any damage to your roof, including broken or missing tiles

🍃 Clean your gutters, down pipes and drains regularly to prevent blockages

📃 Check your insurance policy is current and adequate

💥 Report fallen power lines to Ausgrid (131 388).

🚨 For emergency help in floods and storms, ring your local SES Unit on 132 500 or Triple Zero (000) in life-threatening situations.

For more information on this warning, visit the Bureau of Meteorology: http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/

Get Ready Woronora River

Residents and businesses in the Woronora River area, including Woronora, Deepwater Estate, Bonnet Bay, Como, Illawong, Barden Ridge, and Shackle's Estate!

Visit www.ses.nsw.gov.au/flood-awareness-nsw/sydney-rivers/woronora-river for valuable localised information, including:
- Historical flood information
- What happens during floods
- Flood preparedness tips
- The Australian Warning System
- Essential Apps to download

It's time to Know Your Risk and Get Ready. Floods. The risk is real. Take action now.



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Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to work alongside like-minded individuals who are passionate about making a difference in their community. NSW SES Sutherland Unit are recruiting for Land Search Operators if this sounds like you join our team today.

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🛟 Do you want to be part of a team of trained professionals who share a commitment to helping their communities & saving lives?

NSW SES Sutherland Unit is recruiting for Flood Rescue Operators.

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❌ If it's flooded, FORGET IT!

By taking the risk and driving through a flooded road, you are also risking the lives of our volunteers.

If you come up to a flooded road, turn around and find another way.

🚨 This afternoon SES were called to Audley Weir following reports a car had become stuck on the flooded Weir.

🚒 First arriving services were able to confirm that the occupant had been able to remove themselves from the vehicle and wade to safety.

🚧 Local SES are calling for drivers to adhere to road closed signs and use alternative routes via Waterfall or Otford when the Weir is closed.

🖊️ While it may seem that the water levels are shallow this is deceptive. Changes in car design to improve fuel efficiency have made modern cars extremely buoyant, with smaller cars able to start floating in as little as 15cm of water (the height of an average pen).



Sutherland Shire Council

⚠️ DAMAGING WINDS FORECAST

🗓️Wind Warnings for Tuesday 9 April
Gale Warning for the following areas:

📍Macquarie CoastHunter Coast
📍Sydney Coast
📍Illawarra Coast and Batemans Coast

Strong Wind Warning for the following areas:

📍Sydney Enclosed Waters
📍Byron Coast
📍Coffs Coast and Eden Coast

🗓️ Wind Warnings for Wednesday 10 April
Gale Warning for the following areas:

📍Byron Coast
📍Coffs Coast
📍Macquarie Coast
📍Hunter Coast
📍Sydney Coast
📍Illawarra Coast and Batemans Coast

Although more rainfall is predicted, a combination of sodden ground, damaged and stressed trees and high winds could see an increased risk of gusty winds toppling trees and powerlines, particularly along elevated terrain.

‼️ You can prepare your property and minimise storm impacts by:

🏠 Secure or store items that could blow around in strong winds

🚘 Move vehicles under cover or away from trees

🌳 Trim trees and branches that could potentially fall on your home or property

🏠 Fix any damage to your roof, including broken or missing tiles

🍃 Clean your gutters, down pipes and drains regularly to prevent blockages

📃 Check your insurance policy is current and adequate

💥 Report fallen power lines to Ausgrid (131 388).

🚨 For emergency help in floods and storms, ring your local SES Unit on 132 500 or Triple Zero (000) in life-threatening situations.

For more information on this warning, visit the Bureau of Meteorology: http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/

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⚠️ MULTIPLE SANDBAG STATIONS ESTABLISHED ⚠️

Sandbags and sand have been made available to the community in order to prepare and protect your property from heavy rainfall and potential flooding.

Sandbag stations are available at the following locations:

📍 NSW SES Sutherland Shire Headquarters
26 Wilsons Parade, Heathcote

📍 NSW SES Meani Unit
208 Menai Road, Menai

📍NSW RFS Kurnell Rural Fire Brigade
Captain Cook Drive, Kurnell

📍 NSW RFS Bundeena
48 Bundeena Drive, Bundeena

ℹ️ Find out how to use sandbags here: https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/floodsafe/prepare-your-home/during-a-flood/using-sandbags-to-protect-your-home?/

🚨If you require assistance during floods and storms, call 132 500. In a life threatening emergency, call 000.

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⚠️ Stay informed ⚠️

🚨 Have you downloaded the Hazards Near Me app?

Stay up to date when weather warnings are issued by the Bureau of Meteorology.

It is important to stay informed and be prepared.

To view the list of warnings, please visit www.ses.nsw.gov.au or access through the Hazards Near Me app.

There's more rain expected so continue to monitor conditions via The Bureau's website and
Download the app here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/emergency/hazards-near-me-app

☎️For emergency help in floods and storms, call the on 132 500. In life-threatening situations, call 000.

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⚠️ FLOOD WATCH ⚠️

The NSW SES advises people in the following area(s) to STAY INFORMED about predicted possible minor flooding on the Woronora River:

🚨 Woronora River and Surrounds

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ℹ️ What are we expecting?

A coastal trough is forecast to deepen and potentially develop into a low pressure system between Friday and Saturday. The trough is forecast to move towards the south coast by late Saturday bringing widespread rainfall.

This rainfall has the potential to cause minor flooding in the Sydney region from early Saturday.

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❓What do you need to do?

• If you have a Home and/or Business Emergency Plan, review it now. Otherwise, have a conversation and plan for what you will do and take with you if you need to evacuate.

• Consider the consequences of road and bridge closures and water over roads and make alternate arrangements for work, children, and travel.

• Obey all signs about road closures and instructions from emergency services.

• Never drive, walk, ride through, play or swim in flood water - it is dangerous, toxic, and may void your car insurance. If it's flooded, forget it. Fines may apply.

• Avoid storm drains and pipes, ditches, ravines, creeks, and rivers.

• People in areas likely to be impacted by flooding should raise their assets, including waste and chemical containers above expected flood heights.

• Share this information with family, friends, and neighbours and help others prepare where possible.

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ℹ️ For more information:

• Listen to your local ABC radio station which can be found at reception.abc.net.au.

• Follow us on social media or visit our website at www.ses.nsw.gov.au

• Learn about your risk at www.ses.nsw.gov.au/knowyourrisk/

• Check latest weather, warnings, rainfall and river heights at www.bom.gov.au/nsw/

• Check road closures at livetraffic.com.au or 132 701 or your local Council.
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For emergency help in floods, storms and tsunamis, call the NSW State Emergency Service on 132 500. In life threatening situations, call Triple Zero (000) immediately.

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🚨Detailed Severe Thunderstorm Warning
for DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAILSTONES and HEAVY RAINFALL

For people in parts of Sydney, Greater Wollongong and Blue Mountains/Hawkesbury areas.

Issued at 4:07 pm Tuesday, 13 February 2024.

Severe thunderstorms across the Illawarra and southwestern Sydney this afternoon.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 4:05 pm, severe thunderstorms likely to produce damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding were detected near Wollongong, Bulli, Oran Park and Albion Park.

⚠️They are forecast to affect Sutherland, Engadine and Fairfield by 5:05 pm.

A 107 km/h wind gust was recorded at Bellambi at 3:51 pm.

The State Emergency Service advises that people should:

* Move your car under cover or away from trees.
* Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony.
* Keep at least 8 metres away from fallen power lines or objects that may be energised, such as fences.
* Report fallen power lines to either Ausgrid (131 388), Endeavour Energy (131 003), Essential Energy (132 080) or Evoenergy (131 093) as shown on your power bill.
* Keep clear of creeks and storm drains.
* Don't walk, ride your bike or drive through flood water.
* If you are trapped by flash flooding, seek refuge in the highest available place and ring 000 if you need rescue.
* Unplug computers and appliances.
* Avoid using the phone during the storm.
* Stay indoors away from windows, and keep children and pets indoors as well.
* For emergency help in floods and storms, ring the SES (NSW and ACT) on 132 500.

🚨 Severe Thunderstorm Warning
for DAMAGING WINDS and LARGE HAILSTONES

For people in Metropolitan and parts of Hunter, Illawarra, Mid North Coast and Central Tablelands Forecast Districts.

Issued at 12:28 pm Tuesday, 26 December 2023.

Severe thunderstorms have developed in the Hunter and Sydney Metropolitan area.

⚠️ Weather Situation:

A humid and very unstable airmass along and to the east of the trough, supported by strong upper winds, will cause the development of severe thunderstorms this afternoon.
Storms are generally forecast to move to the south and southeast.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include , , , , and .

🚨 Situation Update - Damaging Wind

💨 With the damaging winds we are currently experiencing our NSW SES volunteers are attending request for assistance in order of priority.

☎️ For emergency help in floods and storms, ring your local NSW SES Unit on 132 500 or in life threatening situations call 000

ℹ️ The State Emergency Service advises that people should:

* Move vehicles under cover or away from trees.
* Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony.
* Keep at least 8 metres away from fallen power lines or objects that may be energised, such as fences.
* Trees that have been damaged by fire are likely to be more unstable and more likely to fall.
* Report fallen power lines to either Ausgrid (131 388) or as shown on your power bill.

🚨 Severe Weather Warning

⚠️ DAMAGING WINDS
For people in parts of Metropolitan and Illawarra Forecast Districts. Locations which may be affected include Cronulla.

A southerly buster may produce damaging winds over parts of the Sydney and Illawarra coasts.

Weather Situation:

A vigorous southerly wind change will move rapidly northwards along the coast during this evening. DAMAGING WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts in excess of 90 km/h are possible along parts of the Illawarra and Sydney coastline this evening, as the southerly change moves up the coast.

Winds are expected weaken below warning thresholds late tonight.

ℹ️ The State Emergency Service advises that people should:

* Move vehicles under cover or away from trees.
* Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony.
* Keep at least 8 metres away from fallen power lines or objects that may be energised, such as fences.
* Trees that have been damaged by fire are likely to be more unstable and more likely to fall.
* Report fallen power lines to either Ausgrid (131 388), Endeavour Energy (131 003), Essential Energy (132 080) or Evoenergy (131 093) as shown on your power bill.
* Stay vigilant and monitor conditions. Note that the landscape may have changed following bushfires.
* For emergency help in floods and storms, ring your local SES Unit on 132 500.

Woronora River Flood Workshop – February 2024

NSW SES will be organising a Woronora River Flood Workshop in February 2024.

Community members from areas impacted by floods along the Woronora River will be invited to nominate as a representative to participate in the workshop.

This workshop will include presentations from the NSW SES and other organisations as well as look at previous flooding issues for communities and future solutions by working collaboratively.

Look out for the invitation in January.
Wishing you all a very safe Christmas.

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⛈️ The storm that passed through on Wednesday was short, but packed a punch!

☎️ 33 requests for assistance have been received so far within the Sutherland Shire. Mostly relating to trees down, roof damage and flash flooding of local roadways in the usual hotspot areas (e.g. Alfords Pt Rd northbound, tram tracks crossing southbound).

⛑️ We had over 40 SES Volunteers from across the 4 Sutherland Shire units in the field who were supported by 5 members in the Incident Management Team yesterday evening. Our volunteers were out till late completing these requests for assistance across the Shire. There were no reports of impact or damage to critical infrastructure. Ausgrid reported power outages in Engadine and Sylvania Waters.

🚣‍♀️ Additionally, we deployed a Swiftwater/Flood Rescue team from Cronulla Unit and a Storm Damage team from our Menai Unit to provide support to the ongoing flood situation on the South Coast and property protection in the Shoalhaven area.

🧡 Our thoughts are being sent to the communities currently affected by these storms and floods down south, across NSW, and interstate.

🚨 If you need the assistance of the NSW SES, call us on 132 500 and if it is a life threatening emergency, always call 000.

NSW SES sends its condolences to our colleagues at the NSW RFS following the tragic passing of a volunteer firefighter today at Walgett. Our thoughts are with the member’s family, friends and fire fighting family at this most difficult time.

We Will Remember Them. Lest We Forget

🔥 The Fire Danger Rating is EXTREME - Monday, 30th October 2023

Report all fire and smoke to 000 immediately.
For more information on Total Fire Ban rules, visit the RFS website: www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fdr

The Fire Danger Rating is EXTREME tomorrow (30/10/2023) for ILLAWARRA and SUTHERLAND Local Government Areas with a TOTAL FIRE BAN in place.

TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY.

Report all fire and smoke to 000 immediately.
For more information on Total Fire Ban rules, visit the RFS website: www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fdr

🔥❌ TOTAL FIRE BAN - Monday, 16th October 2023

📈 Fire Rating - Extreme

NSW SES Sutherland Shire would like to extend our deepest condolences and thoughts to the NSW Rural Fire Service, our brothers and sisters in Yellow and their friends and families.

Our thoughts are especially with the members who provided emergency care to their collegue.

NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) confirms the death of a volunteer firefighter in the Kyogle region.

The volunteer was working on a fire at Bean Creek when he suffered a medical episode.

Fellow RFS members rendered medical assistance including the use of an Automated External Defibrillator, until ambulance officers arrived.

RFS Commissioner Rob Rogers said the man’s tragic death is a solemn reminder about the dangers faced by members.

“This is a terrible tragedy, where a volunteer helping protect his community has paid the ultimate sacrifice,” Commissioner Rogers said.

“Our thoughts are with his family, friends and firefighting colleagues at this terrible time. We are offering every assistance to his family and fellow brigade members.”

UPDATE from the Sutherland Shire Police Area Command:

A teenage girl reported missing from Yarrawarrah has been located and is safe.
The 16-year-old was last seen on Tuesday (10 October 2023). A land search had been conducted on Friday and Saturday with the assistance of RFS and SES.
Following inquiries, she was located about 10pm yesterday (Saturday 14 October 2023) outside the search area.
Police wish to thank the public, media, RFS and SES for their assistance.

LANDSEARCH - Yarrawarrah 🔎

The Sutherland Shire SES are currently assisting the NSW Police Force & PolAir - NSW Police Force Aviation Command in a land search for a missing person.

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NSW RFS Illawarra Sutherland Team
Loftus Volunteer Bushfire Brigade

SES are assisting with a multi-agency operation at the Needles today. Please follow directions from Police and stay away from the area.

The Fire Danger Rating is EXTREME tomorrow (03/10/2023) in the Sutherland LGA, with a TOTAL FIRE BAN in place for the Greater Sydney Region (including Sutherland).

TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Report any unattended fires to 000 immediately.

For more information on Total Fire Ban rules, visit the RFS website: www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fdr

The Fire Danger Rating in the Illawarra LGAs (Wollongong, Shellharbour, Kiama) will be HIGH tomorrow (03/10/2023) with NO Total Fire Ban in place

This page is run by volunteer firefighters who may be occupied during periods of emergency. As such, it is critical that you know where to go for the most up to date and reliable information.

We strongly suggest that you follow these channels. But please also be aware that a fire may impact you before any alerts can be issued. Do not wait to be notified before taking action.

The most important source of information is the Hazards Near Me app which you can download on any smartphone. Please ensure that you set a watch zone and turn on notifications.

Bush fire information:
NSW Rural Fire Service

Road closures and evacuations:
NSW Police Force & Live Traffic NSW

General Information:
ABC Emergency & ABC News

RFS Bush Fire Information Line:
1800 679 737

Prepare your own Bush Fire Survival Plan here: www.myfireplan.com.au

🌞 Daylight Savings Begins Tomorrow!

✅️ A reminder to set your clocks FORWARD 1 hour before going to bed tonight.

🔥 It's also a good time to check and replace your smoke alarm batteries!

As we stand side by side those who swore to serve and protect we take a moment to honour those who have fallen in the line of duty