A big congratulations to our newly appointed members in their 2013-2014 positions at the recent AGM!

Deputy manager, Allison Lamb (training, operations and logistics).

Deputy manager, Sean McLaughlin (finance, communications and rescue).

Administration officer, Nita Fried.

Finance officer, Brendan Bradley.

Committee members: Janine Stevens and Erica Honey.

Last but certainly not least, a belated congratulations also to our manager, Drew Devereux who was has recently been appointed by DFES, the position of manager for a further two years. Congratulations also to Janine Stevens on her recent appointment as Deputy training officer!

Congratulations to May Bowser who has been nominated for the Peter Keillor Award 2013! The award is given to one SES member each year, who has made an outstanding contribution to the community through their service in the SES. May has gone above and beyond in her commitment to the community and our unit, helping with much of the ‘behind the scenes’ work in both an operational and peace time context. May puts in an extraordinary amount of hours into SES, not only is she our Operations Officer but also a peer support member!

The DFES film team will visit base in the next few weeks to produce a film short all about May and her work in the SES.

All recipients will be announced at the 2013 State Emergency Service Awards to be held on Saturday 21 September 2013 as part of the 2013 WA Fire and Emergency Services Conference at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Furthermore, Cockburn SES seems to be very blessed with dedicated members who demonstrate not only a high level of competency but an outstanding committment to the community and our unit. This is denoted by last year’s winner of the Peter Keillor award, none other than our very own Keith Drayton!

Stay tuned for more information!

Cockburn SES are proud to announce two of our members as finalists in the prestigious SES Awards!

Congratulations go to Keith Drayton who, in recognition of over 32 years of outstanding dedication to the SES, has been shortlisted for this year’s Peter Keillor award! Well done Keith!

Another big congratulations goes to Steven Crawford, shortlisted for the Youth Achievements Awards! Great work Steve! Steve is a member of the Communications Support Unit and our Cockburn Unit.

For information on the SES Awards and to see the other finalists, see FESA’s SES Awards page.