Brisbane Times, Updated May 24, 2025 — 5.03pm first published at 7.18am
The NSW State Emergency Service estimates almost 10,000 properties have been affected by flooding this week. NSW SES Acting Assistant Commissioner Allison Flaxman said the agency was moving into a “resupply and damage assessment” phase of the disaster. “If you are isolated and in need of urgent resupply for items such as food and medication or transport to medical appointments, call NSW SES on 132 500 for a resupply request,” she said.
With conditions too dangerous for boats to cross, and with helicopters being used for rescues, the SES sent up a drone to cancer patients across the Manning River to Harrington on Friday night. “We didn’t have much visual on the Harrington side being night, so I used it in infrared mode and used aerial mapping,” said Gabe Mihalas, the agency’s drone pilot. He said people on the other side of the river cheered when the first drop occurred.
9 News, 3:32pm 24 May 2025:
Local palliative care nurse Tiffany Willis worked with SES volunteers to receive the delivery and deliver it to patients. "My boss approached me and said they had spoken to the patients and they were working through ways to help them given their isolation," Willis said. "I spoke directly with the NSW SES throughout and worked with them to find an appropriate location. The communication was really great and seamless. "Within three hours of the drop off I had treated the patients and was back home. "Those two patients were just so relieved and so thankful to receive medical treatment and some reassurance that even though we are still cut off, we're not completely isolated from help. "I feel really proud to have made a small difference and it feels good because it is the right thing to do." The SES has been trialling drones as an innovation program.
*Drone delivers urgent supplies to cancer patients in isolated NSW flood-hit community https://t.co/XOIpveAzvx
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