The SASES is a highly trained, responsive and effective emergency service agency ensuring the safety of all South Australians.

Becoming a volunteer can provide numerous benefits including: learning hands-on practical skills, free nationally-accredited training, valuable work experience, making new friends, and connecting with your community.

The SASES is currently looking for Operational (those who would like to ‘get out on trucks’, learn hands on skills and respond to requests for assistance) and Non-Operational Volunteers (Admin, Training, Business Support).

Operational Volunteers:

Operational volunteers respond to incidents resulting from storms and floods. Operational volunteers take measures to prevent injury and death, and mitigate property damage from storms and floods. Once trained, you can expect to respond to any one of the following activities:

Securing damaged building and structures, including damaged roofs. Safe removal of fallen trees or trees posing risk to property and/or life. Rescuing injured or trapped people resulting from storms. Maintenance and use of storm response equipment. Working in a team, including leading and assisting other emergency services (i.e. CFS) and SASES units. Promote SASES amongst the local community and educate the community on the dangers of storm damage, including flood.

Non Operational Support Volunteer Not all positions during an emergency response are in the field.

We have specialist units known as Operational Support Units (OSUs) which primarily provide operations support. Most units have some operational support positions available.

SES support volunteer providing the incident controller with live information from the field

Operational support volunteers at standard units carry out some of the following duties:

Business and administration support Operational communications Logistics Welfare Finance Equipment and inventory management Leadership and management Public relations and community engagement Reconnaissance and intelligence gathering Emergency management and incident management