The NSW SES is celebrating 60 years of service this year, the organisation began in 1955 following disastrous floods across NSW that caused major loss of life as well as massive damage to property and infrastructure. The NSW SES has grown and diversified since its inception and has been instrumental in the response to many disasters and emergencies.
The NSW SES is the combat agency for Floods, Tsunami and Storm operations. The SES also provides emergency response in the areas of road crash rescue, vertical rescue, flood rescue, land searches and many other supporting roles to other Emergency Services. The SES volunteers in their orange uniforms (jaffa’s) are often referred to as the “Swiss Army Knife of the Emergency Services”.
For me the SES has been a part of my life for more than 22 years. Through this series of Geo-Art caches I want to share some of my experiences and the roles of the SES.
Much of the SES storm damage work involves chainsaw operations, whether it’s a tree down on a property or a branch broken posing a threat to safety the SES has skilled members who can safely use a wide range of these high powered machines. Members are trained in the methods of cross cutting and/or medium tree felling using various saws. Over the past few years the pole saw has become a welcome addition to the various saws SES use.
The cache can be found at South 245825 and East 973773
