The West Australian State Emergency Service (WA-SES) is a division of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA) made up of approximately 1800
volunteers from every walk of life, who give up their time to help others during emergency situations or when disaster strikes.
The Northshore SES unit covers 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 techniquies) and many other support & miscellaneous rescue type operations.
So what do the SES do? There is no such thing as a 'typical' callout. However the more common types of incidents for our unit include searching for missing persons, storm damage, fallen trees, collapsed ceilings, flooding and buildings damaged by vehicle impacts. Statewide, the SES takes the lead role in countering the effects of, and managing the reactions to floods, cyclones, storms, earthquakes and tsunami threats.
