SA SES Staff & Volunteer Information

Information on this page:

• Thank you from Judith Bleechmore
• Temporary Staff Vacancy
• SES Regional Boundary Realignment
• SES Staff Movements

Thank You

Thanks to all those who took part in the SES photoshoot at Noarlunga Unit last Saturday (28th July). A big thank you to our Volunteers from Noarlunga, Tea Tree Gully, Metro South, Western Adelaide, Sturt, Prospect and the Dog Operations Unit, staff from State Headquarters and their families, the Salvation Army catering unit, photographer Bryan Charlton, Mike Smithson Channel 7 reporter and Steve Leicester (cameraman of Fleetwood Digital Productions).

The photoshoot was run over a full day including scenarios of urban search and rescue, vertical rescue, pumping, breathing aparatus, dog search, landsearch, vehicles and much more. Still and moving footage will be part of the new SES pictorial library held at State Headquarters to help promote the service.

Judith Bleechmore,
SES Corporate Communications Officer

Temporary Staff Vacancy

SASES Regional Boundary Realignment

Effective Monday 6th August 2007, SASES Regional boundaries will be realigned to conform with the Government’s Boundary Reform mandate.

The initial implementation target for Regional boundary realignment was 1 July 2007, however prior to implementing change SES Executive committed to rigorous consultation with affected Units and the development of an implementation strategy to ensure a smooth transition; both processes have now been completed.

There are three key boundary changes occurring in this realignment:

• Effective 6 August 2007, Kangaroo Island, Meningie, Murray Bridge, South Coast, Strathalbyn and Yankalilla Units will transition from Central Region to East Region. Day to day administration, training development and incident management for these Units will be the responsibility of the East Region Commander and staff.

For ease of coordination the East Region Units fall into three geographic areas: Riverland – East Region and old Riverland Division South East – East Region and old South East Division Fleurieu – Central Region and old Murray Division

• Gawler and Mallala Local Government areas will be confirmed as part of the Central Region. Initial realignment plans proposed transition of the Kapunda Unit and the Local Government areas of Barossa and Light from North Region to Central Region, however following consultation it was decided to leave these unchanged (North Region).
  
• As part of Government Boundary Reform the North West Pastoral District, which includes the APY Lands, will transition from North Region to West Region. SES has decided to delay change until the position of other agencies is clear. One Unit will be affected by any change, Mintabie, however it is most likely that in any event Mintabie will continue to be administered by North Region.

Please address further requests for information to the relevant Regional Commander.

SES Staff Movements

State Headquarters / East Region

Terri Purvis will be combining her duties as Regional Training Officer with the role of Acting Senior Regional Officer, East Region.

North Region

Gerry Habils is now Acting Regional Commander, North Region while Matt Maywald is Acting Assistant Chief Officer at State Headquarters .

Sindy McCourt will now be undertaking the duites of Senior Regional Officer in addition to her duties of Community Liaison.

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