Swan SES’ Danny Jeater won the Peter Keillor Award for his valuable leadership skills over the bushfire season.  Danny managed a team of SES volunteers responsible for reloading large  air tankers (LAT) with fire retardant to make drop after drop on some of the
summer’s biggest bushfires.  He developed and ran Exercise Walyunga which was a multi-agency exercise testing the response and management of a mass casualty emergency. Danny’s ability to coordinate and collaborate with multiple agencies ensured seamless communication and efficient response strategies during their simulated emergency scenario.

Bassendean SES; Gary Littlewood and Maxine Burrell were honoured with the SES Team Achievement Award for creating a standardised equipment list all units could use on deployment across the state.  Garry and Maxine’s work on the development of a standard equipment list for SES general rescue utilities (GRU) teams when they were deployed regionally now forms the foundation of standard equipment lists throughout the SES fleet.  Gary and Maxine collaborated with other SES units to settle on a list of equipment that would become standard in vehicles and trailers. This list takes the guesswork out of trying to get vehicles ready for deployment on short notice.

SES Youth Achievement Award recipient, Jack Watson, from Tom Price SES is a dedicated SES volunteer, instructor and young leader.
Jack has made an outstanding contribution during the annual gorge rescue season in Karijini National Park. These rescues take a minimum of six hours to complete. Jack is part of the roping team and also assists in the carry out using casualty handling techniques.  Jack has been instrumental in fundraising efforts for an extra trailer and has lent his IT skills to the running of equipment at the new local combined
emergency services facility. Jack has been the Deputy Leader of Tom Price SES for the past three years. His passion and drive to recruit more volunteers to the unit is exceptional.