Margaret River SES

02/06/2026

🧡 Winter is here 🧡
Over the long weekend, Margaret River SES volunteers responded to a large number of storm damage incidents.

While the rain fell and the wind howled, our volunteers answered a high volume of requests for assistance with fallen trees, damaged roofs and water ingress, working long hours in wild weather.

To every volunteer who put on the orange and stepped up for their community, thank you. We are endlessly proud of you. The care, resilience, stamina and selflessness shown over the past few days was nothing short of remarkable.

A heartfelt thank you also to South West Machinery for their support keeping our chainsaws operational throughout an exceptionally busy weekend.

This weekend was a powerful reminder that when our community needs help, ordinary people do extraordinary things. We are incredibly grateful to stand beside such an amazing group of volunteers. 🧡

For natural hazard assistance, call SES on 132 500.

29/05/2026

Is your home and garden ready?

‼️This weekend’s severe weather will bring with it lots of rain and extremely strong wind. ‼️

Is your home prepared?💨⛈️

Now is the time to do those last checks so you don’t have a new pond inside the house 💧🦆or lose your trampoline down the road. 🌪️

20/05/2026

🟠 WOW DAY! 🟠

We’re at IGA till midday come say hi 👋🏼

18/05/2026

👏ITS NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS WEEK!👏

A whole week to intentionally and consciously recognise all of the wonderful volunteers all over Australia, who give countless hours of precious time to the greater good of our communities.

A massive THANK YOU! We love you and we could not survive without you.

On Wednesday the 20th (Wear Orange Wednesday) local MRSES vollie of an incredible 13 years Dave and newly appointed Local Manager Rowie will be out the front of RIVERFRESH IGA drinking coffee and chatting with community, please come say hello 👋🏼 we love talking about why we love Orange so much 🧡

10/05/2026

🧡Happy Mother’s Day to all mums - whether you wear orange like our SES mums or not. 🧡

We hope you have a relaxing day and enjoy the Autumn sunshine ☀️

05/05/2026

24/04/2026

🌺 Lest we forget 🌺

11/04/2026

We recently received our new General Rescue Utility vehicle. While we were sad to see our troopy leave, we soon had the chance to try out the new GRU.

We received a call to a tree fallen on a house almost before we hung the new car keys up! Our crew used chainsaws to clear branches and made temporary repairs to the house.

🧡🧡The GRU passed its induction and is now a full member of our unit having transported crew and materials, and been a Roof Safety System anchor. 🧡🧡 🧡🧡

25/03/2026

Is your home ready for the incoming bad weather?

🧡If not now is the time to prepare.🧡

01/01/2026

Happy New Year all.

As we round up the new year celebrations, Margaret River SES wants to celebrate one of our VIP members.

Les Hayter was recently awarded Life Membership of the Margaret River SES as well as being acknowledged by the SES Volunteers Association (SESVA) and DFES for his massive contribution which spans 35 years.

Les started his SES journey at Karratha SES in 1990. He has also been a volunteer at Swan SES and currently volunteers with Margaret River SES. Les has filled the Training Manager role in various SES units as well as being a Trainer Assessor in multiple SES skills.

He has also worked as a paid staff member for DFES (formerly FESA) over many years and was instrumental in creating and delivering various training packages for SES volunteers.

Les is known by all for his enthusiasm and knowledge. He is a mentor to many and is always ready to help. Thank you Les!

We would also like to acknowledge Les’s wife Gillian who supports Les to be able to dedicate so much time to the SES. We thank you too, Gillian 🧡