Today, as part of International Volunteers Day, the ACT Emergency Services Minister issued a Media Release (http://www.esa.act.gov.au/ESAWebsite/content_esa/home_page/071205volunteers.pdf) thanking all emergency services volunteers in the ACT for their efforts.

 

Late this afternoon, the ACTSES Deputy Chief Officer, Tony Graham, sent out an e-mail to all Unit Commanders on behalf of the ACTSES Chief Officer , Brian Perry, with the following message:

“Today marks International Volunteer Day. This day of recognition is held around the world on the 5th December each year as a way to formally recognise the outstanding work undertaken by volunteers, regardless of the activity, agency or service that they volunteer with.

It is fitting that the ACTSES volunteers are recognised on such an important day and I would like to pass on the thanks of Chief Officer, Brian Parry, the staff of the ACTSES and the community of the ACT for all the operational, community support and public education activities that you have been involved with over the past year. The time and effort that all volunteers put in to supporting their community is nothing short of extraordinary.”

 

To date, Rivers Unit has contributed over 1870 hours to emergency operations alone in 2007 in both the ACT and NSW.  Then of course, on top of that, there have been an incalculable number of hours also put in by Rivers members for an exhaustive number of training activities, community events, administration and management activities and for other special events.