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Emergency management is being bolstered in the Central West as the Parkes community celebrated the official opening of the new $4.8 million NSW State Emergency Service (SES) Unit headquarters.

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is celebrating a new generation of volunteers with over 30 per cent of members aged under 35.

A Sydney bushwalker has been reunited in emotional scenes with the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers who rescued him from dense bushland.

This Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW Day), NSW State Emergency Service (SES) Narrabri Unit Commander Prim Charles is celebrating the power of volunteering and the difference it makes in local communities.  

Emergency response in the Blue Mountains is being bolstered by a new NSW State Emergency Service (SES) facility, as construction starts on the project delivering a state-of-the-art headquarters for first responders.

More than 200 incidents and three flood rescues have been responded to by the NSW State Emergency Services (SES) in the past 24 hours throughout the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast, where flood warnings have today been downgraded.

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is urging people in the Northern Rivers to take care this morning, with heavy rain and high tides causing widespread road closures and isolating some communities.

After losing his father to a heart attack at just 20 years old, William (Will) Flood wanted to give back to his community.  

A tragedy that changed Parkes forever will be remembered next week as the community gathers to officially open the new NSW State Emergency Service Parkes Unit headquarters, in the same week the Service will mark Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW Day). 

Inspired by a lifetime surrounded by emergency responders, 17-year-old NSW State Emergency Service (SES) Mullumbimby Unit volunteer Scarlett Rushton is proudly following in her family’s footsteps to serve her community.