National commendation for Marine Rescue crew | October 18, 2024 | Port Macquarie News - video Dailymotion

The rescue crew were awarded a Professional Volunteer Commendation at the prestigious 2023-24 Australian Search and Rescue Awards on October 17.

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00:00The courage and selfless dedication of the volunteers involved in this challenging and

00:29successful rescue mission is greatly appreciated and Marine Rescue NSW is extremely proud of

00:35this group of wonderful volunteers.

00:37We got the Mayday, went out, the weather wasn't too bad, probably 2m swell, within half an

00:45hour the swell had gone up to 4-5m high with winds gusting nearly 60 knots.

00:53I believe it was a successful mission because we spent many hours a week training, we do

01:00scenarios for incidents like this, we knew what to do, then you throw in the huge seas

01:09and the huge winds that were coming through, which makes it a little bit more difficult

01:15but we knew exactly what to do, the crew did an amazing job, all worked well together.

01:21I'm extremely proud of the members receiving the NAPSA award, for me it's a good reflection

01:29that our training is at a high standard, it could have been any crew team that went out

01:35on that night and they still wouldn't have achieved the same aim.

01:37They worked very hard, we trained almost 5-6 days a week and night times to ensure that

01:44our training is at the best that we possibly can.

01:51For more information visit www.nasa.gov