Eerie scenes in Taree town
THERE were eerie scenes in Taree on Tuesday morning November 12 with heavy smoke blanketing the town centre.
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During a State of Emergency declaration, the first since October 2013, powers will be transferred from the NSW Government to the NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner.
These powers include the ability to:
- Direct any government agency to conduct or refrain from conducting its functions;
- Control and coordinate the allocation of government resources;
- Evacuate people from property within the declared area;
- Close roads and thoroughfares to traffic;
- Pull down or shore up infrastructure at risk of collapse;
- Order the shutdown of essential utilities in the declared area including electricity, gas, oil and water; and
- Enter or take possession of property in the course of the emergency response.