Northam and Districts State Emergency Service

23/06/2026

Last weekend members from Northam and Merredin SES Units completed a chainsaw operator course.

The course involves two full days, with plenty of actual practice to develop the skills needed.

The 3 happy students at the successful ending of the course, preparing to return to their Units.

02/06/2026

20/05/2026

Today is wear ORANGE Wednesday WOW day.

A day to celebrate the achievements of our SES Members locally and around the state.

We are heading into Storm season if you are interested in joining the unit please reach out to the page.

05/05/2026

Last night members conducted training on setting up our portable radio communications Antenna known as a Clark Mast.

This piece of equipment can be deployed to areas with limited two way radio reception to extend our area of operations

04/05/2026

Roof Safety System Builder Training

Northam, Merredin and Toodyay SES and Ballidu VFES members attended Northam SES Unit and participated in a training course to convert them to use the new Roof Safety System in preparation for the coming months callouts.

The new safety system is an improvement on the old system, and is easier to use and provides more safety for our members.

Working in the rain and on wet roofs is very dangerous and the use of a roof safety system is necessary to prevent injury to members.

This is just one of many skills learned by SES and VFES members so they can assist their community.

12/04/2026

On Saturday Volunteers from Northam and Toodyay SES joined other Volunteer emergency services to assist with marshalling and crowd support while also assisting DFES with a display stand at the Beverley airshow. This was a very entertaining day for our members while supporting the community.

SES is not just about dealing with natural hazards but assisting with other community Safety tasks aswel.

Thank you to all that could assist.

31/03/2026

Last night members did a bit of map and navigation exercise with a Easter twist.
Teams were told that the Easter bunny had lost his Easter eggs and were tasked with co-ordinates to locate the missing eggs.
Our teams found all the lost eggs and were rewarded with a big bag of goodies from the Easter bunny as a thank you.
Training doesn't have to be boring to learn and the team had fun.
If you are interested in learning new skills please contact the page for further information.