A JOINT Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and State Emergency Service (SES) in-water team has rescued a family in Millers Forest following the recent flooding event.

Strike Team Charlie One, comprising two FRNSW in-water experts and two SES technicians, arrived at an isolated farm at Millers Forest near Raymond Terrace around 10am on 8 July.

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Its mission was to rescue a mother and her two children, aged eleven months and three years, who 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 NSW Ambulance paramedics were able to assess their conditions.

The SES reminds all locals to not enter flood waters under any circumstances.

“Flood waters can quickly sweep people off their feet and flood vehicles, rendering them stuck in flood waters.

“Roads are deteriorating under the flood water, with major potholes and road subsidence,” a representative from the Unit told News Of The Area.

By Tara CAMPBELL