International Volunteer Day, mandated by the UN General Assembly in 1985, is held every year on the 5th December across the world. The day serves as an international observence day to celebrate the power and potential of volunteerism, with localised events to recognise the outstanding contribution that volunteers make in their own communities. The 2018 […]
The long Perth summer came to an abrupt end this week, with multiple cold fronts hitting Perth and the greater metropolitan area over the last few days. Crews from Northshore SES finally got to dust off their overalls and head out into the wet and windy weather to help those that had been impacted by […]
After languishing up to 12 months on a waiting list, dodging multiple bullets as part of the gruelling 3 stage selection process, and having now successfully completed the ‘SES Induction’ course, 12 new members were officially welcomed to the Northshore SES unit this week, with the 2018 intake and induction coming to a close. From […]
More than a dozen volunteers from the Northshore SES unit joined other colleagues from the metro area last night in a desperate search for a Perth grandfather. Pasquale Susi, a 68 your old male who suffers from Dementia, went missing from his Balcatta home on Sunday morning, with his wife Theresa raising the alarm. With initial investigations by the Police […]
**Registrations for the 2018 intake close this week** Have you ever considered volunteering? Have you ever thought about becoming an SES volunteer? Well if you have, then now is the time to realise that thought, and to come and learn about SES volunteering. Applications for the 2018 intake at Northshore SES, based in Mount Hawthorn, […]
Volunteers from Northshore SES were thrust into the spotlight and certainly seemed to enjoy the attention after finding missing 81 year old Raymond Chapple alive and well in dense bushland almost 11 hours after he went missing from a Yanchep aged care facility. BETHANIE chief executive Chris How said they were “delighted that Mr Chapple is […]
May 10th is here again, and what better way to show your support to the 40,000 SES volunteers across Australia, than by wearing something orange to work. Wear Orange to Work (WOW) day is an opportunity to say thank you to the thousands of men and women that make up the State Emergency Service (SES). […]
Just when you thought that you had seen the last of the Northshore SES crews on primetime Channel 9, we are back for a 2nd round…. With the original Northshore SES Easy Grants TV commercial proving to be a huge success, Bankwest has recently remodelled the original 15 and 30 second edits into an all new campaign that has recently […]
The crew from the Northshore SES were thrilled to have recently been given the opportunity of a Wednesday evening tour of the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) Education and Heritage Centre, located in the original Perth Central Fire Station. Dating back to 1899, the building was the first purpose built fire station in […]
With the first intake of 2017 now finalised, Northshore SES is full to the brim, with volunteer levels once again at capacity. Local Manager Northshore SES Nick Elliott said that the 13 new recruits had successfully made it through the rigorous three stage selection process specifically engineered to minimise the number of members that call it quits early in […]