Issue No 19 | 25 June 1999 | |
Letters to the EditorThanks to Randwick Council
Dear Editor, I am the Local Controller for the Randwick State Emergency Service (SES). As you are well aware, many homes and businesses were heavily affected by the devastating hail storm that hit the eastern suburbs of sydney on Wednesday April 14 1999. I would like to take this opportunity, in thanking all the Council Staff from Randwick City Council, for their outstanding committment and devotion in responding to the storm. Together, SES and other Emergency Staff worked hand in hand with Council Staff and Management in delivering goods to troops in the field, organising Volunteers from the community in a major sand bagging operation (in total 280,000 sand bags were filled), and assisting in the operation of the Local SES Headquarters, and establishing the initial Disaster Recovery Centre. I was over whelmed with the response, and now I can easily state that Local Government can work together with the SES in times of emergencies and disasters. Three cheers to Randwick Council... GAYE CAMERON (JP) MAIES LOCAL CONTROLLER
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