The Tweed Heads NSW State Emergency Service unit is opening its doors in a bid to boost volunteer numbers and help the community better understand the work of SES volunteers.
On Sunday, the NSW SES Tweed Heads Unit will host a Come and Try Day, with Member for Tweed Geoff Provest to participate in emergency response scenarios to encourage other members of the community to become a volunteer with the NSW SES.
Unit Commander Tim Carlson said he hoped the day would help encourage members of the community to find out what it is like as an SES volunteer.
‘We’ll be providing opportunities to experience a range of different activities we complete and will be providing demonstrations and simulations of rescues, land-based searches, working at heights, chainsaw operations, radio communications, equipment of pumps, ladders, safety ropes and knots, community engagement and much more,’ said Commander Carlson.
‘There’s a role for everyone at the SES and this is a perfect opportunity to visit us and learn about a range of volunteer roles and to be safely involved in a range of simulated activities. So come and see just what it’s like to be an SES volunteer.’
Commander Carlson said the event was a great opportunity for potential volunteers to learn more about how the SES keeps the Tweed and Tweed Coast community safe in times of floods, storm damage, tsunamis or people lost in the bush.
The Come and Try Day is being held between 10.30am and 1.30pm on 21 January, at the Tweed SES Headquarters at 155 Pioneer Parade, Banora Point.
