Three of members of Swan SES will join Velo Escargot, to form a team of 6 cyclists, riding 217Km through the Western Australian country side. The aim of the ride is to raise as much money as possible to fund Medical Research at the Harry Perkins Institute (formerly WAIMR, the Western Australian Institute of Medical Research). […]
Read MoreHow not to drop a tree
On Saturday evening 22 March 2013, Swan SES were called to assist a tree lopping incident that went wrong. In the process destroying part of a house, a car and damaging powerlines. Unfortunately after initial works to clear an area to access the rook damage, our team located a substantial amount of broken asbestos and […]
Read MoreEvacuation Centre Training
The department of Child Protection and Family Support (CPFS) ran a very informative training session for managers of agencies involved in setting up, running or supporting evacuation centres in Western Australia. Swan SES was happy to be able to send two members to attend. During the lecture we learnt how the CPFS and the Local Government […]
Read More bush, centrelink, child protection and family support, country women's association, Evacuation Centre, fire, red cross, salvation army, storm, telstraUnsung Heroes
St John Ambulance officer Vicki Maughan, Greg Henry from Urban Search and Rescue, SES Swan Unit training manager Shelley Staff, Salvation Army volunteer Sophie Goodsell and Darling Range Volunteer Bushfire Brigade’s Sue Smith. Source: News Limited THEY didn’t come close to the flames and never made it on to the TV news. They are the […]
Read More recognition, Shelley Staff, story, Sunday Time, volunteerEllenbrook and Ballajura Searches
In recent weeks coming into the hot weather conditions, Swan SES has been called upon to assist in two local area searches. The first being for a missing 9 year old girl in Ellenbrook and the second for a missing 12 year old boy in Ballajura. In the Ellenbrook Search, seven Swan SES members were […]
Read MoreNew Incident Support Trailer handed over to Swan SES, generator required.
Recently Swan SES took possession of a brand new Incident Support Trailer (IST). Although it has not yet been kitted out to its full capacity yet, our teams have started working at getting it ready for supporting incidents such as Fire, Search and other large scale incidents where a portable control point is required until […]
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