New South Wales State Emergency Service

Office of the NSW State Emergency Service
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Formed1955
Preceding agencies
  • State Emergency Services
    (April 1955 – September 1955)
  • Civil Defence
    (September 1955 – 1989)
TypePublic Service Executive Agency
JurisdictionNew South Wales
Headquarters93–99 Burelli Street, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Employees468 FTE (2023)[1] Volunteers = 10,919 (2023)[1]
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Parent agencyDepartment of Communities and Justice
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Websiteses.nsw.gov.au

The New South Wales State Emergency Service (NSW SES), an agency of the Government of New South Wales, is an emergency and rescue service dedicated to assisting the community in times of natural and man-made disasters. The NSW SES is made up almost entirely of volunteer members, numbering over 10,919 as of September 2023.[2] Members are easily identified by their distinctive orange overalls.

From 1955 up until the 1970s the NSW SES was previously named the Civil Defence Service and is still in use up until today.

The agency is led by its Commissioner who reports to the Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience.

  1. ^ a b "NSW SES Annual Report 2022-2023" (PDF). NSW State Emergency Service. 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ "NSW SES Annual Report 2022-2023" (PDF). NSW State Emergency Service. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2024.