http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses The latest Rivers SES Unit Information and updates directly. en-us Wed, 26 January 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/ACTSES_Takes_on_the_Lockyer_Valley.htm despatched its second taskforce to Queensland to assist its northern counterparts in its flood disaster response and clean up. The group spent its first day in the flood-ravaged Harte St, Chelmer – a suburb of ... Wed, 26 January 2011 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/Rivers_Unit_Update_1_from_the_Queensland_Floods.htm The Rivers crew that is operating in Queensland, helping with flood mitigation, worked like Trojans in the Brisbane suburb of Corinda yesterday. They spent a long, hot day pulling out ruined bathrooms and kitchens and removing other water-destroyed items from ... Sun, 16 January 2011 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/179.htm ACTSES volunteers at Canberra Airport about to board the plane to Brisbane to help out with the Queensland Floods. In the photo we have ... Sun, 16 January 2011 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/Rivers_Responds_to_Brisbane_Floods.htm Yesterday morning (14 Jan), Rivers Unit sent 3 members to assist with the Brisbane floods, as part of a 21 strong ACTSES taskforce. At this stage, the group has been tasked to work in the Acacia Ridge area, south of the Brisbane CBD to undertake clean up tasks. That may ... Sat, 15 January 2011 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/UpcomingEvents/index.htm The latest Upcoming Events have been posted in the Upcoming Events section of the website. Fri, 07 January 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/First_Ops_Runs_on_the_Board_for_2011.htm Rivers SES Unit got its first runs on the operations board for 2011 last night and early in to this morning after the Canberra suburbs of Conder and Banks were hit with localised but severe hail storm at about 6.30pm yesterday evening. All ACT SES Units, including Rivers were activated to deal with the damage and we were supported by the ACT Rural Fire Service and the... Fri, 07 January 2011 11:00:00 GMT http://nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/2010_Rivers_Year_Roundup.htm 2010 was a relatively quiet and unvaried year from an operational perspective. December was inarguably the busiest month for us after a succession of storms hitting the ACT and surrounding area and led to much storm a and flood damage –not too many gum ... Sun, 02 January 2011 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/578_Requests.htm As at midday on 4th December 2010, the ACT State Emergency Service had received 573 Requests for Assistance (RFA) for the period 29 Nov – 4 Dec 10, with a date distribution as follows... Thu, 09 December 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/UpcomingEvents/index.htm The latest Upcoming Events have been posted in the Upcoming Events section of the website. Thu, 09 December 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/178.htm Rivers Unit member Calum Spring in his waders in the newly-formed and improvised lake at the National Zoo. The tiger enclosure ... Sun, 05 December 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/177.htm Martin Harris (r) explains how to operate the “quickfill” (calls ign - RIVERS 40) to Andrea Sluga (L) and Calum Spring at the upper flood area... Sun, 05 December 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/Soggy_Times_for_Rivers_Crews.htm Today is the first day of Summer - not that you would know it from the weather. Like many other areas in the SE part of Australia, it has been raining pretty solidly in Canberra since early Sunday morning, which has resulted in a fair bit of water and tree damage in and around town - and it's not over yet, with some weather boffins predicting that the big wet will extend in to next week. Sodden roofs have reached... Mon, 01 December 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/Tree_Down_In_Holt.htm Rivers Unit was activated at lunchtime today after a combination of wind and over 24 hours of solid rain brought down trees throughout the capital. We had no longer ... Wed, 17 November 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/Stormy_Spring_Strikes_Again.htm The ACT SES completed over 330 jobs between 0600h yesterday and 1700h today. While there was a pre-emptive stand up at 2am yesterday morning for the ACT’s SES force, the action didn’t start until after 6am. The Rivers crew, that stood up at 0730h didn’t get... Sun, 17 September 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/UpcomingEvents/index.htm The latest Upcoming Events have been posted in the Upcoming Events section of the website. Tue, 05 October 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/176.htm Rivers Unit chainsaw operator, Marty Harris, assessing an unstable tree in Monash. Thu, 23 September 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/175.htm Rivers Unit chainsaw operator, Marty Harris, at a tree job in Kambah. Thu, 23 September 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/174.htm Rivers Unit chainsaw operator, Paul Hibberson, at a tree job in Banks. Thu, 23 September 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/173.htm Rivers Unit chainsaw operator, Paul Hibberson, at a tree job in Banks. Thu, 23 September 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/172.htm Rivers members Paul Hibberson and James Tyson securing black plastic on a roof in Kambah. Thu, 23 September 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/171.htm Rivers member James Tyson on his first ever call out. Thu, 23 September 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/170.htm Rivers member Paul Hibberson securing himself onto a roof safety system in Kambah. Thu, 23 September 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/169.htm Rivers Unit chainsaw operator, Martin Harris at a tree job in Kambah. Mon, 13 September 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/UpcomingEvents/index.htm The latest Upcoming Events have been posted in the Upcoming Events section of the website. Mon, 13 September 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/Massive_Effort_by_Rivers_in_Storm_Clean_Up.htm Like many other areas in the Southern Australian states, the ACT was hit by massive rain and wind storms yesterday and the day before that. This led to equally sizable an impressive response from the affected State Emergency... Mon, 13 September 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/168.htm Rivers members (L to R) Colin Pedersen, Doug Paul, Andrea Sluga, Vicki Munslow, Mark Richards and Ben Morey ready for action at the ACTSES Rescue Competition at the Yarralumla Brickworks. Tue, 24 August 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/167.htm Rivers probationary member, Mark Richards, sets up a horizontal moving system, including a tirfor and winch-extension strap. Tue, 17 August 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/166.htm Rivers and Tuggeranong crews attempt the recovery of 3 x bogged 4WDs at Bullock's Paddock Rd. Tue, 17 August 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/Rivers_to_the_rescue.htm Rivers Unit was called out last night to assist in the recovery of 3 x 4WD that had become (very, very) bogged in a paddock near Bullock’s Paddock Rd after rain had turned area in to wet clay and mud. 8 members from Rivers Unit spent a combined total of 32 hours assisting Tuggeranong Unit with the job. All manner of... Tue, 17 August 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/2010_ACT_Disaster_Rescue_Competition.htm Yesterday, the ACT State Emergency Service held its biennial Disaster Rescue Competition at the old Yarralumla Brickworks site. Rivers Unit entered a team in to the competition, had another member judging the hydraulics stand two more members acting... Mon, 16 August 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/165.htm SES members watch on in awe as the real pump is brought in to clear the sump of debris. This mammoth water recycling truck pump made our little portable pump look kind of pathetic by comparison. Would you believe that it’s not what you’ve got but what you do with it??? Thu, 29 July 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/164.htm Woden Unit members Gary Caitcheon (L) and ?? (sorry!) join Rivers Deputy Team Leader in watching our pumping job sink before their very eyes! Thu, 29 July 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/163.htm Rivers members (L to R) James Goodwin, Andrea Sluga, Mark Richards and Calum Spring play in the snow at Mt. Ginini. Thu, 29 July 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/The_Sinking_of_Noahs_Ark.htm This afternoon, Rivers Unit was called out to deal with flooding that resulted from a water main being inadvertently struck at the construction next door. The name of the establishment where flooding occurred was the Noah’s Ark Childcare Resource Centre. Isn’t that ironic - don’t you think? Luckily the place is okay... Thu, 29 July 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/162.htm Tuggeranong Unit members (from L to R): Trish Malone, Jacinta Cortese, Colin Malone and Mat Coleman work in the freezing, windy, sleety darkness to rig a winching system to pull a bogged vehicle out of a pickle. Sun, 25 July 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/161.htm RIV61 sunk up to the axles in the paddock behind Rivers Shed. Sun, 25 July 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/160.htm RIV61 sunk up to the axles in the paddock behind Rivers Shed. Thu, 15 July 2010 22:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/UpcomingEvents/index.htm The latest Upcoming Events have been posted in the Upcoming Events section of the website. Mon, 12 July 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/News/Rivers_Deploys_on_Outback_Air_Search.htm At 0930hrs this morning, Rivers was asked to despatch members as part of an ACTSES air search team, after a man went missing in his Cessna plane after taking off from remote property. The ACTSES and neighbour NSW SES Unit of Queanbeyan, are often used by the Canberra-based Australian Maritime Safety Authority as air observers in air searches up and down the eastern seaboard... Thu, 24 June 2010 11:00:00 GMT http://www.nationalpc.com.au/ses/Public/Photo/159.htm The Rivers crew inspect the damage to suburban house roof after a fallen tree had been removed from it. Luckily for the home owners, there was only very minor damage to the corner of the roof. The clothes line was a write-off though! Tue, 22 June 2010 22:00:00 GMT