A new multi-million dollar high-level emergency response control centre is being built on Bridge Street, West Tamworth, for the NSW SES North Western Zone.
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00:00 So in here we've got the construction occurring for the new headquarters that will be established
00:08 here and will hopefully be moving in by July 24.
00:12 The site at the airport has been temporary and it's been there as our staging ground
00:16 as we start building in Zazion.
00:17 We've been established there for the last 12 months while we've been progressing the
00:18 works in the new headquarters.
00:19 So now we've got most of our staff on board, it's now the next step is creating the permanence
00:26 and term work with our headquarters.
00:31 So this building here is going to have our main business office spaces so we'll actually
00:38 be able to do a lot of that planning, a lot of that training, a lot of that resourcing
00:41 our units from here but we'll also be able to control a level 3 incident should that
00:46 eventuate up in this zone.
00:47 There's been a lot of relationships that need building with communities, with our volunteers
00:52 but we're getting there.
00:54 The work hasn't by any means been actually achieved at this stage, it's just a starting
00:59 step.
01:00 So we work with our units and our communities to make sure that they're adequately prepared
01:09 and educated with regards to the risks in those communities but also helping our units
01:15 train, resource and prepare to respond to incidents within those communities with floods
01:21 and storms.
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