Recently it was made formal that Regional Operations Support Section (R.O.S.S.) were to now call Swan SES home. Previously located at the DFES Leake St premises, they had to move due to the old Bunker being refurbished and now to be used as a simulation facility for training of DFES staff and Volunteers for major incidents. […]
Read MorePemberton Search
Five members from Swan SES including Local Manager David Cowdell, Dale, Mac, Tambre and Darren were deployed to the recent search in Pemberton for a missing person. We travelled down to Mandurah SES unit, to meet up with the Metropolitan SES Convoy led by District Officer Will Blackshaw. We arrived in Pemberton just after midnight […]
Read MoreAir Observer Course
As some of you already know from Wednesday’s training nights – a couple of weeks ago Dale and I, attended our Air Observer course with AMSA: – The Australian Maritime Safety Authority in conjunction DFES (Will Blackshaw) Support. The purpose of this Course is to establish a number of supporting hands for future Search and […]
Read More air, aircraft, land, observer, sea, search, trainingNational SES Week 11 – 17 November 2013
Monday 11th November 2013 marks the beginning of National SES Week which is a special time set aside for the Australian community to honour and celebrate the tireless voluntary work undertaken by the members of our State Emergency Service. In Western Australia we are fortunate enough to have 2024 male and female SES volunteers who […]
Read MoreBankwest Happy Communities $1000 Grant
Swan SES has been granted $1000 by Bankwest during their Happy Communities program. This program is part of Bankwest’s way of supporting local communities. Since Bankwest started in 1895 they’ve been committed to giving a little happiness to different communities across Australia – this year their mission is to help fund 365 community initiatives. Click the […]
Read MoreFreckles Daycare Visit
Four of our local volunteers met with the kids at Freckles Daycare to show them what the SES does. It was a morning of education with some flashing lights thrown in for fun. The kids got to try on helmets and learnt about safety in the SES. Then they assisted the volunteers to strap a […]
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