PREVIOUS protection work during an east coast low in July meant the Ulladulla SES volunteers were not overwhelmed with calls for assistance on the weekend.
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Ulladulla SES divisional commander, Tracy Provest, said all the sandbagging the volunteers and local residents did as part of the first east coast low, in late July, were still in place - meaning the water from the heavy rain, which started on Friday and fell heavily over the weekend, was already being diverted.
However, the local SES volunteers were still busy, but the numbers of calls for assistance were down dramatically.
The SES, during the first east coast low, responded to 297 jobs, compared to the 36 jobs they did since Friday and over the weekend.
"We did not have nearly the same number of jobs they had up north," commander Provest said.
"This meant we could keep up with the requests and respond to them on the same day they came in."
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The July east coast low was the busiest the Ulladulla SES has been in 10 years and given that manpower was stretched, the 59 volunteers could not respond to all the calls for help straight away.
In the past 24 hours, 73mm of rain was recorded in Nowra, 50mm in Kiama and 30mm in Ulladulla.
Meanwhile, support, on the weekend, came from the Sutherland and Campbelltown SES.
Commander Provest said the SES, as normal, coordinated smoothly and worked well as a team.
The SES volunteers kept an eye on the local lakes but commander Provest said Lake Conjola, for example, did not experience anywhere near the same flooding as it did in February this year.
The ground floor of a Conjola caravan park building was flooded but it's an area not used for accommodation.
The SES kept an eye on the situation around the Brooman and Clyde River areas.
The Ulladulla SES members remain on standby and ready to help people in need.
If you need SES assistance call 132 500, or dial 000 if it is life-threatening.