SES Volunteer's Association of Western Australia Incorporated

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SES Awards

The State Emergency Service (SES) relies on volunteers who are dedicated and committed to helping keep the community safe.

The annual SES Awards are one way of recognising the outstanding efforts of volunteers who have excelled in their service and demonstrated a high level of commitment to the SES.

For information on how to make a nomination, go to WAFES Service Awards.

Peter Keillor Award and SES Volunteer of the Year

The Peter Keillor Award is the most prestigious and highest individual honour in the State Emergency Service Awards and is presented to a dedicated volunteer who has made an exemplary contribution to the SES during their  time as a volunteer and specifically in the past 12 months.

This Volunteer is also recognised as the SES Volunteer of the year.

The Peter Keillor Award is named after a former Murray SES volunteer.

2024Danny Jeater - Swan SES
2023Leonie Briggs - SES Canine Unit
2022Colin Nicholson - Collie SES
2021Connie Eikelboom ESM - Armadale SES
2020Tania Millar - Mandurah SES
2019Simon Davidson - Tom Price SES
2018Stephen Faulkner - Wanneroo Joondalup SES
2017Robert Palmer - Mundaring SES
2016Keith Squibb - Hedland SES
2015Jane Campbell - Bayswater SES
2014Steve Cable ESM- Kalbarri SES
2013Martin Hale - Bayswater SES
2012Keith Drayton - Cockburn SES
2011Ean 'Eno" Gruszecki - Northshore SES
2010Trevor Patton - Karratha SES
2009Sergio Bottacin - Northam SES
2008Graham Fixter ESM - Gosnells SES
2007Ray Mahony - Bayswater SES
2006Gordon Williams - Midwest Gascoyne Region
2005Phillip Petersen ESM - Gosnells SES
2004Siegmund Belczowsk - MandurahSES
2003Bernie O'Brien - Metro HQ
2002Monika Nicholson - Collie SES
2001Pam Yates - Augusta/Margaret River SES
2000Christopher Widmer - Bunbury SES
1999Ronald Panting - Albany SES
1998Gary Logan - Albany SES
1997Christopher Strickland - Mandurah SES
1996Graeme Down - Pilbara/Kimberley SES
1995Michael Hutchings - Geraldton SES

Team Achievement Award

The Team Achievement Award is presented to a team or group of SES volunteers who united, have made an exceptional contribution to the community over the past 12 months.

2024Gary Littlewood & Maxine Burreli - Bassendean SES
2023Southwest/Lower Southwest Vertical Rescue Team
2022SWORD SES Logistics
2021Communications Support Unit
2020Newman - SES
2019Peel/Harvey Recruitment Team
2018National Disaster Rescue Competition 2017 WA SES Team
2017Esperence SES
2016Bunbury SES
2015Manjimup SES
2014Karratha and Roebourne SES Units
2013Bayswater SES Bike Team
2012Kununurra SES
2011Carnarvon SES
2010Mandurah SES Training Section
2009SES Communication Support Unit
2008Goldfields Challenge Working Group Kalgoorlie- Boulder SES
2007Karratha Rescue Team
2006Eneabba SES
2005Newman SES
2004Rockingham-Kwinana Tracker Dog Team
2003River Ambulance Team Bassendean & Belmont SES
2002Road Accident Rescue Team

Youth Achievement Award

Volunteers aged 16 to 25 years who have made a valuable contribution to their unit are recognised with the Youth Achievement Award.

2024Jack Watson - Tom Price SES
2023Anjuli Till - Kalgoorlie-Boulder SES Unit
2022Cassidy Kempter - Northshore SES
2021James Cotter - Carnarvon SES
2020Jeremiah Peters - Mount Barker SES
2019Alex Corinaldesi - Cockburn SES
2018Sarah Hamilton - Belmont/Victoria Park SES
2017Brayden Dilley - Kalamunda SES
2016Mary-Therese Shanks - Mandurah SES
2015Kirsten Beidatsch - Mount Barker SES
2014Meggan Miller - Mandurah SES
2013Melusha Robson - Communications Support Unit
2012Ben Gardiner - Busselton SES
2011Andrew Treen - Melville SES
2010Phillip Hale - Bayswater SES
2009Keaton Widmer - Bunbury SES
2008Ash Smith - Bayswater SES
2007Samuel Dinnison - Rockingham/Kwinana SES
2006Ian McMahon - Australind SES
2005Andrae Lee Moore - Tom Price SES
2004Harold Nicholson - Collie SES
2003 Stuart Romero - Belmont SES
2002Michael Wilcox - Nannup SES
2001Greg Mulroney - Pingelly SES
2000Annabel Harvey - Albany SES
1999Geoffrey Gorham - Northam SES

FESA Outstanding Achievement Medal (FOAM)

The FESA Outstanding Achievement Medal (FOAM) is the highest and most prestigious  internal FESA award.

The FOAM recognises outstanding contributions by members of FESA, either over an extended period of time, or in relation to an isolated event, that have helped the organisation to achieve its vision of ‘A Safer Community’. 

The FOAM is awarded to FESA members who have performed over and above what would normally be expected of a person in a similar role/situation.

This award has now been superseded  by various Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) awards.

 

2008Clive Abell (Posthumous) Bassendean SES and past SESVA President
2008William (Bill) Mulroney Pingelly SES and past Chair of the SES Consultative Committee
2008James Regan (Posthumous) Newman SES
2004Ronald Panting Albany SES