Former NSW minister Andrew Constance has come out in defence of Shane Fitzsimmons after a inquiry into the state's flood response recommended the Resilience NSW boss's position be made redundant.
Mr Constance, an ex-Bega MP and transport minister, formed a bond with Mr Fitzsimmons when he was the NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner during the Black Summer bushfires.
"For goodness sake, this is a bloke who saved lives, who was there for my community and our state during Black Summer," Mr Constance said in a video posted to social media on Thursday night.
