SES Volunteers Association of WA

Dave has been a volunteer member holding various positions within the Rockingham Kwinana Unit after joining in 1984, his currently position in the unit is Rescue Manager.  Dave was one of the original WAVES committee members and served on the Association for many years and rejoined the Association last April after a short break.  Dave has  been appointed Deputy Unit Manager Operations for Rockingham Kwinana unit.

Phillip has been a SES volunteer since 1982, serving with Mandurah, Karratha and Gosnells units, including as Local Manager at Gosnells 1993-1997.  Phillip is an instructor in a range of skills including Navigation, Search, First Aid and Road Crash Rescue. He was the inaugural coach for the National Road Crash Rescue West Australian SES teams.

Phillip was the SES Volunteers Association President from 1999-2009. He acknowledges that one of his proudest moments as President was accepting the WA Citizen of the Year Gold Swan Award 2007 on behalf of WA SES volunteers. He also served on the SES Consultative Committee in that time.
He was awarded Emergency Services Medal (ESM) in Australian Honours in 2005 and is a proud winner of the Peter Keilor Award 2006 (Outstanding SES volunteer).
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Marilyn joined SES as a volunteer at Kondinin unit in 1996 where I became Deputy Local Manager.  I moved to Broome in 1997 and became very active in the Broome Unit.  Apart from the usual training courses that I have done over the years, including a Team Leader  and Instructor in Search, I am also an instructor in EM 2000 and Work In Emergency Operations Centre.  I have been Treasurer since 1998 and I have also been Admin Officer when we have not had one in the unit.

Keith has been a volunteer member of the SES for some 25 years, starting out with Stirling SES Unit. He was a member of the rescue team in this unit until he took on the role of Local Manager. Through work he transferred to the Geraldton Unit helping out in various roles until taking up the position as Local Manager. A while later he took a break from SES for some 4 years until the Geraldton Unit sort his return. On returning he held the position of training manager and later co-Deputy Local Manager until he transferred to Karratha Unit due to employment relocation. Keith has been in the Karratha Unit approximately 2 years and currently holds the Training Manager role. Keith actively assists units throughout the Pilbara in regional training.

Beth has been involved in SES since 2002.  Her first year was with the Darwin, NT unit, and then moved to Derby in 2003 where she joined that unit.  During her time with Derby, she fulfilled many roles including Administration Officer, Treasurer and Deputy Manager.  She joined the Kununurra Unit in 2008.

Beth loves living in the Kimberley and plans to be here for quite a while longer.  She enjoys getting out camping and doing a bit of 4WD driving whenever she gets the chance.  

Craig has been a volunteer member of the SES for 15 years and originally joined the Wanneroo SES unit. Craig was a rescue volunteer there for 5 years and helped out at the Wanneroo unit in various positions. He then went on to the Northshore Unit and then to the Stirling Unit where he has been for the past 8 years. In recent years due to work commitments Craig has focused his service to the SES Volunteer Association. Craig has been a member of the Association since 2000.