Clinton Maynard is joined by Diana Bernardi, The Red Cross Emergency Services NSW Manager, about 2022 being Australian Red Cross’ busiest year on record for its Emergency Services teams based in NSW with the service activated for 262 days.

This year, Red Cross Emergency Services staff and volunteers have supported people in the Northern Rivers, Murray Riverina, Central West, Far West, Central Coast, Hunter, Hawkesbury and Sydney.

In 2022, they had 25 Emergency Services staff coordinating 373 volunteers activated in 171 evacuation centres and recovery hubs, providing more than 8,000 voluntary hours of service. Our volunteers are continuing to provide outreach support services in Eugowra and the Northern Rivers.

They also provided psychological first aid to 29,000 people and supported a total of 34,000 people impacted by natural disasters.

If you would like to support Red Cross to continue responding to the increasing number of emergency and disaster events, you can either make a donation at redcross.org.au/donation/disaster-response-and-recovery/ or sign up to become a NSW Red Cross Emergency Services volunteer by emailing nswemergencyservices@redcross.org.au

Download this podcast here