BY DAKOTA TAIT
A joint Fire and Rescue NSW and SES in-water team has rescued two families in separate operations in the Hunter flood zones.
Strike Team Charlie One, made up of two FRNSW in-water experts and two SES technicians, arrived at an isolated farm at Millers Forest around 10am on Friday.
It's understood a mother and her two children, aged 11 months and three years, were unable to escape rising floodwaters on their Raymond Terrace Road property.
The rescue team negotiated its way through submerged fences in a powerboat to reach the family.
The in-water technicians waded out to the residents and fitted them with jackets before ferrying them to dry land, where paramedics were able to assess their conditions.
It comes after another rescue by the same team around 7pm on Thursday.
The crew used an all-terrain truck to travel across floodplains at Louth Park, near Maitland, to reach a father, his two teenage daughters and their two dogs, stranded on a property.
When the truck couldn't go any further, the team deployed flood boats to complete the journey, using floodlights to locate the isolated farmhouse.
The rescue technicians then paddled their way back out with the family and their pets on board.
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| The team rescue a family at Millers Forest. |
