The official Website of the NSWSES Volunteers Association Incorporated

Welcome to the website of the NSW SES Volunteers Association

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.

Note that you need to be logged in to see most of the content on this site (e.g. discussion forums, SESVA meeting minutes etc).

More information about this site can be found here.

Congratulations to the webmaster and colleagues on a successful search outcome

Submitted by KaneMortlock on June 19, 2009 - 1:55pm
Source: 
http://www.smh.com.au/national/dick-the-long-distance-walker-lucky-to-survive-20090619-cm89.html

Dick the long distance walker 'lucky to survive'

Arjun Ramachandran
June 19, 2009 - 1:00PM

Search crews say they are "thrilled" and amazed that a 71-year-old man wearing just track pants and a flannelette shirt has been found safe and well after three cold, wet nights lost in the bush.

Bruce "Dick" Ludbrook, 71, who suffers mild dementia, got lost in dense scrub north of Wollongong during his regular afternoon bushwalk on Tuesday.

SES prepared for possible impact of H1N1 Human Swine Influenza

Submitted by steve on June 12, 2009 - 7:42pm

Our State Headquarters has undertaken planning to ensure that the service maintains its capacity to respond to floods, storms and tsunamis during the current swine flu outbreak.

SES’s internal Pandemic Operations Management Team has met regularly to develop an Operation Action Plan (OAP) based on the guidelines in the SES Business Continuity Plan and up-to-date information received from NSW Health.

SES Uniform Committee Feedback

Submitted by steve on June 2, 2009 - 10:22pm

The SESVA has four representatives on the NSW SES Uniform Committee to represent volunteers on all aspects of the SES Uniform. There is now a process in place for members to submit feedback and suggestions to this committee. Two documents; one outlining the process and the second being a submission form can be found in the Downloads section of the website here.

SESVA Raffle Information

Submitted by admin on May 26, 2009 - 6:29am

The SESVA is currently undertaking a raffle in conjunction with Contact Centres Australia (CCA). Documents explaining the raffle and the script being used by CCA can be found in the Downloads section.

Two saved from NSW floodwaters

Submitted by KaneMortlock on May 21, 2009 - 1:45pm
Source: 
http://www.smh.com.au/national/two-saved-from-nsw-floodwaters-20090521-bgbl.html

* Georgina Robinson
* Sydney Morning Herald
* May 21, 2009 - 12:41PM

Two people were pulled from floodwaters in northern NSW today as heavy rain and destructive winds swept south from Queensland overnight.

The State Government has closed all schools - more than 120 - between the Queensland border and Evans Head, which takes in the towns of Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Mullumbimby, Murwillumbah, Byron Bay, Ballina, Lismore and Lennox Head.
Serious flooding alert for NSW

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