PHOTO: From droughts to flooding rains … a newly-merged agency works to get ahead of the next disaster.
While the rolling series of flood events is keeping emergency services occupied, preparing for the next drought is still front of mind for the federal government, according to Recovery Support Officer Sandy McNaughton.
Ms McNaughton works for the newly-merged National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and has been visiting her patch in the western plains to ensure that key players understand the role each agency has to play in preparing for, managing and recovering from whatever crisis comes next.
She was in Coonamble on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 September to meet with council and community agencies, as well as attending the opening of the 2022 Outback Archies exhibition which NEMA had sponsored…