The Association of Volunteer Bushfire Brigades of Western Australia Inc. is operated by volunteers and represents all volunteer bushfire fighters in Western Australia. There are approximately 25,000 volunteer bushfire fighters in WA and they are organised into approximately 750 brigades. Ninety seven percent of all registered firefighters in Western Australia are volunteers. Volunteer Bushfire Fighters are over ten times larger, in number, than any other emergency services group, and greatly out number approximately 1,000 FESA career fire fighters.

THERE are more than 72,000 boats registered in Western Australia and every year there are about 1,800 rescues.To prevent marine emergencies and increase awareness of the many generally unforeseen hazards associated with the sea, most of WA's 33 marine rescue groups provide courses to improve boating safety.

For more information on these courses, contact FESA Volunteer Marine Rescue Services (VMRS) on +61 8 9479 9309.

To protect the welfare and interests of Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service Brigades and Members thereof.

OUR BROAD OBJECTIVES

To secure conditions which will ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service Brigades and their development.

To encourage the improvement of firefighting skills.

To increase community awareness of Volunteer Fire & Rescue Service Brigades and their activities

The NSW SES Volunteers Association website exists to provide a variety of information for its members including a discussion forum, photo gallery, updates on SESVA activities, a download repository and general information and news that may be of interest to NSW SES members.

The S.A. S.E.S. Volunteers’ Association Incorporated was established in the early 1990’s, when SES volunteers felt there was a threat to their existence with consideration being given to the amalgamation of the SES and the Country Fire Service.

The main function of the ACT State Emergency Service is to undertake response operations for storms and floods.   The State Emergency Service also undertakes civil defence planning and civil defence operations; assists other agencies, such as the Police, Fire Brigade, Ambulance Service in emergencies; and assists the Police and Airservices Australia to undertake operations in relation to searches.   The SES provides support for community organisations where this assists the training of SES staff and volunteers, and where there is a definite benefit to the community. 

The Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services is referred to as a Tri-Service. The Tri-Service is responsible for the protection of life and property and the provision of disaster and emergency management to widely dispersed communities throughout the 1.35 million square km of the Northern Territory.   Members of the Tri-Service work in diverse locations that extend from the northern reaches of the Tiwi Islands to the southern desert communities. Members are stationed to the west as far as Wadeye, east to Avon Downs and south to Kulgera.

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 226 Units located throughout New South Wales. The Units comprise of approximately 10,000 volunteer members, who are easily identified by their distinctive orange overalls.  While our major responsibilities are for flood and storm operations, the SES also provides the majority of general rescue effort in the rural parts of the state.

The State Emergency Service (SES) forms a part of Emergency Management Queensland (EMQ) which is a Division of the Queensland Government's Department of Community Safety (DCS).   State Government and Local Government maintain an important partnership in assisting SES volunteers to provide a valuable volunteer emergency service to their local communities.   The SES is a volunteer organisation and designed to help Queensland communities in times of emergency and disaster.

The State Emergency Service (SES) is a volunteer emergency service organisation established under an Act of Parliament to render immediate assistance during emergencies and disasters, to provide community response to 'day to day' incidents such as vehicle accidents, searches, cliff rescues, flood and storm damage situations and any other incidents that might require rescue or search services.  The SES also cooperates closely with other statutory emergency services.

The SES provides a volunteer response capability for severe storms and floods, road crash rescue, search and rescue/recovery and a range of other general rescue and community support roles.   In addition the SES provides whole of government advice and executive support to the State Emergency Management Committee and Regional Emergency Management Planning Groups. It also takes the lead with much of the State's emergency management planning and emergency risk management work.

The SES volunteers are a dedicated group of people drawn from all walks of life, all backgrounds and all professions. All have a common desire to make a contribution within the community by offering emergency assistance. These volunteers make themselves available to be called out to emergencies, without payment, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as and when required.  Western Australians benefit every time an SES volunteer responds to an emergency.  It is a proud record that SES volunteers have saved the lives and property of countless Western Australians.

The Augusta Margaret River SES volunteers are a dedicated group of people drawn from all walks of life, all backgrounds and all professions. Our role in the community is to deal with natural and man made emergencies.  These include storm, flood, cyclone and also other roles such as land search, cave and cliff rescue.  It is a proud record that SES volunteers have saved the lives and property of countless Western Australians.

SES volunteers come from all walks of life, different backgrounds and professions. But what we have in common is we live in our community and believe we can make a significant difference in a crisis.
If there is an emergency we can:

The Unit was Established In the late 1960s as a Civil Defence Unit. In 1971 Became a volunteer unit with the Civil Defence with its headquarters on the corner of Toowong and Hobart Streets, Bayswater. This property was a two room Infant Health Centre that was surplus to the local requirements at that time.  In the late 60s, the Civil Defence Unit was raised by the Shire of Bayswater and staffed by paid members of the Shire. At the time the Cold War was at its peak and the personnel in this unit were specially trained to provide assistance in case of Nuclear Attack.

The City of Belmont / Victoria Park SES Unit is located within the shire boundaries of Belmont and Victoria Park. The unit shares a close working relationship with both councils and aids them in delivering the best possible service to the local communities.

Like all SES units in WA, Broome SES is under the direction of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA). We benefit greatly from FESA’s organisation and training advice.  But our focus is local, on serving the people of Broome. We offer our assistance wherever we can whether it’s emergency communications, preparing for and recovering from natural disasters, rescue and first aid, or helping out at public even

Canning State Emergency Service was inaugurated in 1984.  The Unit initially met at the Canning Town Hall in George Street, then transferred to the old Post Office Building on the corner of Albany Highway and Ashburton Street.  This building was used for approximately 10 years. Because of no outside parking areas for the unit vehicles, they had to be picked up each training night from the Canning Depot and returned there at the end of training.

The communications support unit, based at FESA headquarters in Belmont, consists of twenty volunteers, whose 'daytime' jobs range from student, to semi-skilled and professional to retired. The purpose of the unit, which trains on Wednesday nights, is to provide communications training and support to the WASES, and other agencies (such as fire, police services, etc), statewide.

Karratha SES Unit
SES volunteers are a group of normal every day people dedicated to supporting the community in emergency situations. Volunteers make themselves available to be called out to emergencies, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as and when required and in most cases are generously supported by their employers.

Historically, it is unique that the Mandurah State Emergency Service (SES) was initially founded by the Reverand Father Franz Edward Hope, a local Catholic parish priest, after a small boy was trapped down a bore-hole in Mandurah in January 1959. Volunteers worked non-stop before a satisfactory rescue was made after 23 hours had passed.   In 1975, after leadership was handed over to Mr. Fred Booker, the numbers and interest of the members began to grow.

Re-formation of the Newman State Emergency Service took place late in 1992, after a serious incident took place on the Great Northern Highway.  Sergeant Robert Dawes of the Newman Police took on the challenge of getting the unit going after it was disbanded in 1988.  Russel Hayes from the regional headquarters came to Newman to be greeted by 18 willing volunteers.  Equipment was retrieved from the Army Reserves storage shed that was left over from the old unit.  The Headquarters at the time was a double door garage next to the East Pilbara Shire depot.  With growing

The Northshore SES unit covers the Perth CBD as well as the following council municipalities: Nedlands, Claremont, Cottesloe, Peppermint Grove, Mosman Park, Subiaco, Cambridge and Vincent. Our volunteers are typically trained in senior first aid, rescue first aid, land & air search, storm damage techniques, communications, flood relief, evacuation, SRT (single rope techniques) and many other support & miscellaneous rescue type operations. 

Not everyone wants to be climbing on a roof in the middle of a storm or walking through the bush looking for a lost person, but the opportunty to support these activities are endless.  Regional Operations volunteers work from a purpose built operations centre and help FESA SES manage emergencies by providing support specialist for operations, planning and resource coordination.   Volunteers also undertake operations centre duties in the field, working from a purpose built incident control vehicle.

Duties of Mounted Section
Volunteers undertake various roles according to their abilities, interests, and what they are comfortable with. The roles of an SES volunteer are diverse and include activities such as

Primary

The Wanneroo SES Unit was formed in the early 60's. It has been a very active unit over the years. We operate out of a purpose built building, which we moved into in 1985. The building has an underground operations centre with a shed area to park 6 vehicles. The Unit has a current membership of 50 volunteers. Our local area of operation is a 2,000 Square Kilometre area made up of the Cities of Wanneroo and Joondalup. Population of over 200,000 people.

The Bureau of Meteorology is Australia's national weather, climate and water agency. Its expertise and services assist Australians in dealing with the harsh realities of their natural environment, including drought, floods, fires, storms, tsunami and tropical cyclones.

The Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) is the peak body for public sector fire, land management and emergency service organisations in Australia and New Zealand. The organisation fosters and promotes an integrated approach to emergency service operations and business management by identifying opportunities to share knowledge, collaborate and optimise the use of resources.

Welcome to the most popular website about knots. You can start with The Basics; Find a Knot by Name; or select one of the Sections in the row above. Each animation can be controlled: step through with the arrow keys, use your mouse, or choose the speed. There is additional information beneath each animation.

Australia’s approach to national security is based on strong cooperative, coordinated and consultative relationships between the Australian Government, the state and territory governments and our international partners.

Red Cross is always there for people in need, providing relief in times of crisis and care for the most vulnerable in Australia and around the world.   In times of conflict or natural disaster our volunteers are committed to putting our humanitarian values to work, offering practical assistance and support at any time of the day or night - no questions asked.   With more than 100 million volunteers worldwide and 60,000 members and volunteers in Australia we can reach people and places like nobody else.   Red Cross cares for people whose lives have been touched

this website provides the key online access point for emergency management information from the Australian Government. The Australian Government Minister responsible for Commonwealth Emergency Management is the Attorney-General. The site provides information about Australian and regional emergency management, in a national security context, including content on policy formulation, national emergency operations and development of national and international capability. For more information visit Our Organisation.

The Fire and Emergency Services Authority of Western Australia (FESA) coordinates the response to a wide range of emergencies including fire, cyclones, storms, floods, road crash, hazardous material spills, earthquakes and tsunami as well as undertaking search and rescue operations on land and water.

We also aim to reduce injury, loss of life and destruction of property in our community through proactive measures. FESA helps the West Australian community prepare for, prevent and respond to and recover from an emergency.

Honours

Honours help define, encourage and reinforce national aspirations, ideals and standards by identifying role models. We give honours to recognise, celebrate and say thank you to those who make a difference, those who achieve their best and those who serve others.  Like nearly every other country in the world, Australia has a system of honours and awards so its citizens can be recognised for excellence, achievement or meritorious service.

Since its establishment on 1 July 1999, the fundamental driver for the Ministry has been to work with its stakeholders to create a new way of thinking about civil defence and emergency management. The goal is to build on existing civil defence practice. New Zealand is acknowledged as a world leader in developing a risk-based approach that will increase the capability of communities and individuals to prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters.

Our role is to:

This site has been set up as a place for our Pilbara volunteers to get together. At the heart of the concept is a forum that has been developed exclusively for registered FESA volunteers in the Pilbara. The forum is not accessible to the general public and will be moderated to make sure everything runs as it should. We hope you will use it to communicate with each other, plan events and share ideas

Every day in many ways the Royal Flying Doctor Service takes the finest care to Australia's furthest corners so that anyone who lives, works or travels in remote and rural Australia can enjoy the best of health.

Using the latest in aviation, medical and communications technology, delivered by a dedicated team of professionals, find out more about how we deliver both 24-hour emergency services and everyday essential health care.

State Emergency Service of Western Australia - Search Dog Unit.

St John Ambulance has been serving the Western Australian community for over 100 years. We are a community based organisation with our primary role being to teach first aid and to care for the sick and injured.

StateAlert automatically delivers emergency warnings direct to you when lives may be in danger in your neighbourhood. It does not replace current public information tools or the need to look after your own safety.  It is an additional tool used to alert people in a specific location where there is immediate danger.

The Australian Council of State and Territory Emergency Services (ACSES) has as its vision - 'Maximise State and Territory Emergency Services' contribution towards safer communities.'

ACSES strives to achieve this by:

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is an independent Commonwealth Government statutory Agency. The Bureau is governed by a Commission and is entirely separate from transport regulators, policy makers and service providers.

Volunteering WA aims to build strong communities through volunteering and provides a range of resources, services and support so that people in Western Australia are aware of, and understand, the nature and scope of volunteer activity.   If you are interested in community service, please browse our 'For Volunteers' section. You can search here for volunteer work and find suitable positions for long term or temporary volunteering, including Christmas, summer vacation and holiday volunteering.

The Western Australia Police is responsible for policing the largest single police jurisdiction in the world, an area covering 2.5 million square kilometres with a structure comprising three regions, 14 districts and 162 police stations.

Western Power is an energy solutions business, responsible for the transmission and distribution of electricity in the south west of WA, including Perth.   Consisting of nearly 88,000 km of powerlines stretching from Kalbarri in the north, Kalgoorlie in the east and Albany in the south, our electricity network is one of the largest isolated networks in the world.

Every day we power more than 965,000 homes and businesses and around 150,000 streetlights.