Wear orange on Wednesday to support SES

Deputy unit controller Michael Ward said they felt humbled when they saw the support from the community.

"The recognition is not the reason that we volunteer however it is always greatly appreciated as it is generally unexpected. It makes it worthwhile when the call comes through at midnight, it is still raining and you see the relief on people's faces when you arrive and are able to provide assistance."

Mr Ward said Wednesday would coincide with their normal training night.

"We will all be training (in orange) for a few hours in the evening and a number of our members will be wearing orange to their paid employment and NRMA (our Principal Partner) will be supporting WOW again this year in their local branches."

WOW is a national day of recognition of the 40,000 SES volunteers across the country and the public is encouraged to show their appreciation in a highly visible way, by wearing the colour orange, which is the official colour of the SES uniform.

NSW SES Mid-North Coast acting region controller Tony Day said WOW Day is an opportune time for the community to recognise this tremendous contribution of local SES volunteers.

"WOW Day is a great way for the public to show their support of our selfless and committed volunteers who sacrifice their time away from families and work to help their community in times of need," Mr Day said.

"Seeing people wearing orange and decorating their workplaces and communities shows how much support there is for our volunteers who are there purely to help out someone when times are tough," he said.

The NSW SES has 10,000 volunteers across the state that come from all walks of life.

Volunteers range in age from 16 up to 80 and are involved in activities as diverse as flood rescue, tarping roofs, clearing fallen trees, community education, operational logistics and planning, communications.

Over the last 12 months NSW State Emergency Service (SES) members on the Mid-North Coast have provided 25,596 hours of volunteer service in helping local communities with storms, floods and other emergencies.

The selfless nature of Mid-North Coast NSW SES volunteers was reflected in their tremendous response to this years April super storm, that had major impacts in the Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest areas.

During a nine day operation 91 volunteers from Kempsey, South West Rocks, Gladstone, Port Macquarie, Wauchope, Camden Haven, Taree, Wingham, Harrington, Nabiac, Forster, Stroud and Gloucester SES Units provided 3,654 hours of response time in attending to over 400 calls for assistance from residents in the area.