THANK YOU to all State Emergency Service Volunteers!! (Especially ours) Be it storm damage, missing person searches, fire support, floods, cyclones, earthquake, tsunami, vertical & cave rescue, or road crash rescue, SES Volunteers around Australia are out there helping their community. In Western Australia the SES is made up of over 2,100 volunteers who leave […]
Read MoreHappy International Women’s Day!
Showing the men how it’s done! A few shots of the team on recent training exercises in honour of International Women’s Day. At almost 50% of our membership, Swan SES is proud of our women in orange!
Read More International Women's DaySwan SES places 2nd at “Exercise Prepare”
At the end of last year we took part in a bit of friendly competition with other Perth Metro units called, “Exercise Prepare”. It was a great challenge, a lot of fun, & you can watch this video from Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA to see some highlights from the 2 day event! Congratulations go […]
Read More Competition, DFES, Exercise Prepare, Metro ChallengeRiver Level Monitoring
We’ve been getting a lot of rain lately and the Avon River has seen significant growth (which we are keeping a close eye on!). If you are interested in monitoring river levels data please see the Department of Water website for charts and maps. http://kumina.water.wa.gov.au/waterinformation/telem/stage.cfm (Please note the charts do not appear to load on […]
Read More Avon River, flood, Monitoring, River levels, Swan RiverMidland 1st Scout Group Visit
Members from Midland 1st Scout Group visited Swan SES Emergency Services Facility for a tour and to speak with volunteers. Rescue Section Leader Gary, and Training Manager Shelley were on hand to answer the scouts’ numerous questions on knots, rescue equipment, discuss the many uses of duct-tape, and review Swan SES’s plan for surviving the […]
Read More cubs, joeys, Midland 1st Scouts, scouts, Scouts Australia, venturers2014 Metro Challenge
Venue : Reg Bond Reserve. When : 7:30am – 5:00pm, Sunday 12th October 2014 Introduction Over the last decade, the WA Metropolitan State Emergency Service has run an annual competition known as the “Metro Challenge”. These competitions tested the skills of SES volunteers, which included Navigation, Communications, First Aid, Casualty Handling, General Rescue, On-road Driving and […]
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