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.

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

2009 SESVA Unit Grants

Submitted by steve on March 24, 2009 - 8:16pm

Applications are now being accepted for the May 2009 round of SESVA Unit grants. These are offered twice per year and provide financial assistance to Units for equipment, facility or training improvements.

An application form can be found in the downloads section.

2009 SESVA Scholarship

Submitted by admin on March 24, 2009 - 7:40pm

Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 SESVA scholarship. The SESVA, the State Emergency Service and the State Government are offering these scholarships valued at a total of $15,000 to study emergency preparedness, prevention, response, recovery and risk management.

Message from the President re the new SES funding model

Submitted by steve on November 13, 2008 - 8:54pm

The New South Wales Government's announcement in the mini-budget that the SES funding structure will be brought into line with other Emergency Services, namely the NSW Fire Brigades and the Rural Fire Service is welcome news to SES Volunteers.

This funding structure essentially guarantees the funding for SES and the Minister for Emergency Services Tony Kelly’s office has assured me that current legislation requiring Local Government to provide such things as Unit Headquarters and Office Equipment, Emergency Vehicles and Fuel etc, will remain in tact.

2008 SESVA Scholarship update

Submitted by steve on November 12, 2008 - 12:16pm

The SESVA considered 14 scholarship applications at it's October meeting and I can advise that the following have been awarded for 2008:

- Malcolm Fotheringham (Queanbeyan): Course on Inspection Testing and Tagging of Electrical Appliances.
- Heather Hunter (Tamworth): Attendance at the 2009 EMA Australian Disasters Conference.
- Greg Newton (Queanbeyan): Attendance at the 2009 19th World Conference on Disaster Management.
- Samantha Davidson (Goulburn): TAFE Media course.
- Grant Hume (Queanbeyan): Attendance at an Avalanche awareness training course in New Zealand

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