How to become an SES volunteer in Australia

When there’s an emergency related to floods, storms and other natural events, volunteers play a key role in responding across Australia. But how can people join their state or territory’s State Emergency Service? What are volunteers expected to do and what skills do they need to have before they join?

SES workers try to remove an enormous tree out of the top storey of a house in Wahroonga/Sydney. Source: AAP Image/Laura Friezer