On a day like yesterday we can only have praise for those magnificent people who leave their own families to deliver help to strangers suffering damage from the high winds that affected this region.
The personnel of the State Emergency Service ( SES ) are volunteers who are on call when danger strikes. Apart from donating their time to tarp damaged roofs, cut up fallen trees and rescue people from rising waters - they put their lives at risk by doing this work under dangerous conditions.
Without them, storm damage would be left unattended because there simply is not enough government workers on the payroll to get the work done. The SES knows this - and their dedicated people fill the gap.
They are a quiet, unassuming lot and their contribution to our welfare is often unacknowledged.
That is something that those who draw up the annual honours list should keep in mind !
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