State Emergency Service

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Image:SESWA OKA 4WD.jpg A State Emergency Service is an Australian volunteer organization that provides emergency help in floods, storms and other emergencies. Every state and territory in Australia has its own State (or Territory) Emergency Service, and there are 43,000 volunteers spread across the country.

Because every community is different, every SES Unit has a slightly different set of roles and activities. Depending on local needs, a Unit may perform some or all of these roles:

  • General rescue procedures and skills -- working safely to remove people from dangerous situations
  • Flood and storm preparation and response -- making structures safe after floods and storms, helping people prepare for floods and storms and using specialised equipment like flood boats and chainsaws
  • Operations management -- helping to coordinate the activities of teams in the field
  • Media, public relations and community education -- working with the media and the public to communicate safety messages and warnings and to promote the SES to the community
  • Training coordination -- helping to plan and carry out the training in a Unit
  • Vertical rescue -- rescuing people from heights and depths such as cliffs or ravines
  • Road-crash rescue -- rescuing people from crashed vehicles
  • Logistics -- helping to plan how to acquire, distribute and use resources during emergencies
  • Management -- helping the Unit to run smoothly
  • Emergency services liaison -- working with representatives of other emergency services during emergencies
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Emergency contact numbers

In Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, the number for all units is 132 500. In Western Australia, the number is 1300 130 039. In the ACT, the number is 6207 8455. In Queensland, Tasmania and Northern Territory, you will have to call the individual units. In South Australia, calls and dipatch are currently managed by the CFS Operations centre, but this will be soon moved to the MFS call centre.

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External links

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