Rescue crews were called to Jacaranda Street in Forbes where a woman and her midwife required urgent transportation to hospital shortly after 5pm yesterday.
SES rescuer Ryan Jones said the patient’s water had broken and her midwife assessed she needed admitting to hospital.
“She was isolated by floodwater in North Forbes, we had to transport her across the flooded river and waterways to the hospital,” Jones said.
“The water was too deep and dangerous for private vehicles so the only way for us to access this patient was via use of our high clearance vehicles.”
The deluge was around 400mm deep, with flowing water and suspected sewage and other contaminants in the water.
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The woman has named the baby after the two SES members who helped.
Jones’ emulated the efforts of his father Kevin Jones, Unit Commander of the Hawkesbury SES Unit, who rescued a pregnant woman in the 1978 floods.
“They actually named the baby after the two SES members who helped,” he said.
The Lachlan River at Forbes is expected to peak at 10.8 metres later today.
