Uranquinty Community Safety Group

07/01/2024

The UCSG has a sand bay at the Uranquinty Men’s Shed and a stores cache which includes sandbags and sandbag filling equipment. If any member of the Uranquinty requires sandbags, please phone,
Brain; 0269229776
Ged: 0477625000
Deb 0427 007 2611
And they will open the Men’s shed compound to enable residents to fill and take sandbags to their homes.
In case of EMERGENCY where life is in danger, call triple zero 000
If you require assistance due to storm damage or you are in danger of flooding, phone the SES on 132500.

07/01/2024

Weather event update from the NSW SES Incident Control Centre.

07/01/2024

07/01/2024

Another update has been posted by the Bureau of Meteorology. The storms are forecast to intensify in the next few hours.

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07/01/2024

The weather may turn nasty later tonight into the early hours. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast storms right throughout our area and they can bring damaging wind, hail, and there is a potential for localised heavy rain. This simply means wherever the thunderstorm drops its rain, there is a potential for up to 100 mm of rain. 5 kilometres away there may be nothing. The UCSG is talking to the NSW SES and they will update the group if anything more concrete forms up. Attached is a video from the NSW SES Incident Management Team Controller. The NSW SES have opened a 24 hour control centre where they are managing the event for southern NSW.

07/01/2024

The UCSG team are at the Cache (Mens Shed) making sure everything is good to go if needed.
If anyone is wanting to prepare in case of flash flooding come on down in next 1/2 hour.

06/01/2024

The UCSG have being in contact with the Waga Wagga SES Operations Room in reference to the current storm warning, they note that that a situation is not likely to develop before Monday morning. However, they will keep the UCSG informed of any further developments that may affect the Uranquinty area and we will pass on this info as soon as received. These storm events can produce flash flooding, high winds and possible hail.
The UCSG recommends that if we are to be informed that this is likely, residents should prepare for this by securing loose items (such as trampolines etc) and moving vehicles into secure overhead protection.
If necessary, the UCSG will make available sandbagging equipment and sand at the men’s shed. You will be notified of timings if this is to occur.
WE WIILL MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE SES AND KEEP YOU INFORMED

08/03/2023

Three men are in hospital after the collision in southern NSW this morning.

01/11/2022

Looks like another 10 - 20 ml coming through this afternoon.
Creek is dispersing steadily but still very full so water will pool this side.
Sandbags available at Mens shed, call 0427 007 261 for entry.
“” if anyone has a few pellets that they can spare, please bring to shed.
In emergency call 000
SES 132 500
Thanks again for all the guys working on sandbagging yesterday.

31/10/2022

Thanks to the sand bags filler at the cache/ men shed.
Thanks to pub for the call out on community page.

15/10/2022

Just in case you ever thought of driving through floodwater... this pic was taken at Learmonth near Ballarat 😳😳😳

11/10/2022

Although Uranquinty is not affected by the rise of the Murrimbidgee River we have a saturated catchment, and should we experience very heavy rain we may need to provide support for low lying homes.
To this end, the UCSG has a few pallets of ready-made sandbags, just in case.
Sandbags have a short shelf-life and we are in a position that we need to replace a couple of pallets with fresh bags.
If anyone can help out from 9am tomorrow (Wednesday 12th Oct) at the Cache, located at the rear of the Mens Shed on Connorton St, we would really appreciate your help. All hands welcome.
This allows us to have a very quick response.