Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteers from Dubbo, Orange, Springside, Cargo, Parkes, and Young made their way to Lismore on Thursday.
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Flying out from Dubbo airport the 17 volunteers formed part of the second RFS deployment to the city.
They were joined by another 17 volunteers leaving from Orange and the strike team was set to assist the community in Lismore recover after torrential flooding.
Canobolas Zone operations co-ordinator Brett Bowden said the team would spend three days working, and would return on Monday. He said a base camp near the city had been created to house volunteers.
“They’ll be engaged in cleanup operations, hosing mud from streets, playgrounds and sporting grounds,” Mr Bowden said.
“They’ll be relieving teams who are already there, teams which have already done a fair bit of work.”
Group Captain Peter Bulliman from the South West Slopes zone said volunteers could expect hard, dirty work.
“After 35 years, it’s just part of the job,” he said.