About Nsw Ses
NSW SES (New South Wales State Emergency Service) is the combat agency for floods, storms and tsunami in NSW.
Nsw Ses Description
The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is an emergency and rescue service dedicated to assisting the community. It is made up almost entirely of volunteers, with 241 units located throughout New South Wales. The units comprise of approximately 9, 000 volunteer members, who are easily identified by their distinctive orange overalls.
While our major responsibilities are for flood, storm and tsunami operations, the SES also provides the majority of general rescue effort in the rural parts of the state. This includes road accident rescue, vertical rescue, bush search and rescue, evidence searches (both metropolitan and rural) and other forms of specialist rescue that may be required due to local threats. Volunteers in a number of isolated communities have been trained as Community First Responders by the Ambulance Service of New South Wales. The Service's trained rescuers also support the full-time emergency services during major disasters. The SES also assists other emergency services when they are performing major operations. These services include the NSW Police Force, the NSW Rural Fire Service, the Fire and Rescue NSW and the Ambulance Service of NSW.
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**Get Involved**
Communities that prepare for floods, storms and tsunami can reduce the damage, loss and costs associated with these events. The protection of life is the priority for NSW SES.
Learn the various ways you can get involved with the NSW SES https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/get-involved/
... #volunteerexperience
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Where will your NSW SES journey take you?
Happy Fathers Day to our NSW SES volunteers. You all make us proud and no doubt your families too.
#FathersDay #NSWSES #volunteer
Slow to 40 road rule starts tomorrow!
From tomorrow, motorists will be required by law to slow down to 40km/h when passing a stationary emergency vehicle displaying blue or red flashing lights.
The new rule also requires motorists to give way to any person on foot in the immediate area of the emergency vehicle.
... This rule will help to keep everyone safe, especially our emergency service responders.
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Today is Wear It Purple Day.
A day where the simple act of wearing purple signifies support and recognition for young LGBTI/rainbow people.
Wear it Purple was founded in 2010 in response to young people taking their own lives as a result of bullying and harassment from the lack of acceptance of their sexuality or gender identity.
... In Hyde Park this morning, NSW SES Deputy Commissioner Fatima Abbas, joined staff, volunteers, and other emergency service personnel (including NSW Police Force) who proudly supported the WIP day event.
Whilst in NSW SES State Headquarters in Wollongong, the rainbow flag was raised by Commissioner Mark Smethurst who was joined by staff. It is believed to be the first time nationally that an emergency service has raised the Rainbow Flag to show support for the LGBTIQ community.
Learn more about Wear It Purple Day here: http://www.wearitpurple.org/
#WearItPurpleDay2018 #WearItPurple #NSWSES
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Don't forget tomorrow is Wear It Purple Day, so grab something purple to wear and show your support for rainbow young people.
Learn more about Wear It Purple Day at http://wearitpurple.org/
Short video of our new Cell on Wheels (CoW) that was launched this week by NSW SES Commissioner Mark Smethurst and NSW Telco Authority Managing Director, Kate Foy.
The 'CoW' is a successful collaboration between the two agencies to produce a tactical mobile communications capability that will allow communications to be established in areas where there is no coverage, or where infrastructure has been damaged in a natural disaster or critical incident.
#NSWSES #buildingcapability #cellonwheels #CoW
Don't get wiped out by the waves or the wind today!
Weather warnings are out for hazardous surf conditions along the NSW coast and for damaging winds in parts of the Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory Forecast Districts.
Stay safe out there and keep up to date with all the warnings at http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/
Thanks for sharing everyone, young Phoenix has been found safe.
Herd it through the bovine about the NSW SES CoW?
Today saw the launch of our new Cell on Wheels, fondly known as the 'CoW'.
The CoW is the newest addition to the State’s supply of mobile radio assets, and the latest product resulting from collaboration between experts in the field from the NSW Telco Authority and NSW State Emergency Service.
... Our CoW can be deployed in the field to provide radio communications for public safety agency frontline workers where there is no coverage from existing fixed infrastructure, or the existing infrastructure is damaged in the event of a natural disaster or critical incident.
You can learn more about the CoW here: https://bit.ly/2PFXjTv
#NSWSES #CoW #cellonwheels #buildingcapability #nomorecowpuns #milkedit
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LEARN FROM OUR HISTORIC EVENTS WITH STORY MAPS
NSW SES utilises interactive mapping tools such as Story Maps to effectively retell historic jurisdictional events as well as communicate Flood, Storm and Tsunami risk. https://bit.ly/2zQXjw1
#GetReady
Congratulations to The Hills SES Local Controller, Evelyn Lester for receiving the Adult Volunteer of the Year award by The Centre of Volunteering. The award recognised the great efforts from volunteers across the Parramatta, The Hills & Northern Districts. Well done Evelyn!
The Bureau of Meteorology have issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for hueavy rainfall ☔️ and damaging winds 💨 in parts of the Hunter Forecast District.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and damaging winds in the warning area over the next several hours.
Locations which may be affected include Gosford, Cessnock, Maitland and Kulnura.
... For storm safe tips click here: https://bit.ly/2nyO08U
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You gotta smile today, cos it's FRIYAY!!
Have a great weekend everyone and stay safe!
It's a YES for Yass volunteer Kurt Bailey, who was recognised for his great work with our Yass Unit as part of the NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards.
With some welcome rain expected over the next couple of days, we will all be celebrating!
But while the sun has been shining, and the leaves have been falling, all those gutters and drains around the home have been filling up.
Time for some quick home maintenance, so you can sit back and enjoy the sound of rain on your roof and not the sight of water running down your walls.
Great to see the NSW SES Bush Search and Rescue Unit win the Volunteer Team of the Year award at the recent NSW Volunteer of the Year awards for the Outer Western Sydney and Blue Mountains region by The Centre for Volunteering
This team joined the NSW SES earlier in the year bringing with them invaluable experience in remote area search and rescue operations.
They have been called out to support our field teams on several missing person searches across the State where special...ist training and experience is required to operate in challenging environmental conditions.
#NSWSES #notjuststormsandfloods #volunteeringreimagined
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Not sure why but people are being diverted at Parkes to condobolin but once you get to condo you can't get out. I have family traveling from brush to Griffith and they have been sent 4 hours in the wrong direction to have to turn around and go back the other way. You need to change your diversion at Parkes.
Not sure why but people are being diverted at Parkes to condobolin but once you get to condo you can't get out. I have family traveling from brush to Griffith and they have been sent 4 hours in the wrong direction to have to turn around and go back the other way. You need to change your diversion at Parkes.
Not sure why but people are being diverted at Parkes to condobolin but once you get to condo you can't get out. I have family traveling from brush to Griffith and they have been sent 4 hours in the wrong direction to have to turn around and go back the other way. You need to change your diversion at Parkes.