Merredin State Emergency Service

16/06/2025

Merredin SES would like to thank the Fraser-Kanny family from Morbinning for their generous donation of a wheel chair so we can manoeuvre our training dummy Ruth-Lee we greatly appreciate it and so does our backs

19/05/2025

Show your support for all SES members and wear orange to work on Wednesday 21st May thankyou

19/05/2025

01/03/2025

Thank you Merredin Community Resource Centre for the wonderful thank a volunteer dinner last night it was absolutely delicious and we love our gifts and certificates

23/08/2024

In the past 10 days, there have been more than 30 earthquakes in the Wheatbelt alone, with reports of some tremors even being felt as far as Perth – 200km away! 😲💥

This cluster of quakes is what you call an earthquake swarm – a series of moderate-sized quakes without a main distinct shock that can last for months. As WA is the most seismically active state in the country with more earthquakes than all the states and territories combined, it’s crucial to know what to do if one strikes.

What would you do if you felt an earthquake?

31/07/2024

A very big thankyou to Merredin Freight for the use of their forklift and driver it is greatly appreciated special thanks to Kelly Kudas for organising it

02/06/2024

Merredin SES is currently deploying a team to be part of a Regional Task-force which will support with storm damage in Bunbury.

24/05/2024

Merredin SES has deployed a team to assist WAPOL with a missing person search near Kalgoorlie

22/05/2024

Happy WOW Day and a huge thank you to all the volunteers!

24/03/2024

24/03/2024

SES Search Dog Jackson training over the weekend. He’s trained to find “human scent”
In the bush, even the smallest object like a dropped hat or discarded drink bottle could be a clue in a real search for a missing person. An actual person is much easier for a dog as they give off a lot of scent, so we train and test them with small scent articles as well. Here is one of his finds from the weekend, it’s a small pieces of cloth. This has 30 hr old human scent on it. The scent is created by getting someone to rub the cloth over their face and head, becomes a mixture of sweat and skin particles. Good boy Jackson!