Blacktown City Council - SES Blacktown Unit - Prospect

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is an emergency and rescue service dedicated to assisting the community. It is made up almost entirely of volunteers, with 241 units located throughout New South Wales. The units comprise of approximately 9,000 volunteer members, who are easily identified by their distinctive orange overalls. While our major responsibilities are for flood, storm and tsunami operations, the SES also provides the majority of general rescue effort in the rural parts of the state. This includes road accident rescue, vertical rescue, bush search and rescue, evidence searches (both metropolitan and rural) and other forms of specialist rescue that may be required due to local threats. Volunteers in a number of isolated communities have been trained as Community First Responders by the Ambulance Service of New South Wales.

Blacktown CityA modern bustling City of over 47 residential suburbs, Blacktown City is home for almost 400,000 people, making it the largest city by population in NSW. One in every 70 Australians call Blacktown City home.60,000 new residents chose Blacktown City as their home in the past 10 years - a trend set to continue for the next two decades as more people discover Blacktown City offers a vibrant family lifestyle, excellent schools, and an abundance of job opportunities.Today, Blacktown City offers an enviable combination of liveability and commercial success, boasting award-winning residential estates. About CouncilWe are committed to ensuring our operations, service delivery and strategic planning show integrity and are at all times equitable, transparent and accountable. Your ratesFind out about our rates, payments and charges, pay a bill online and how to update your details.How we workLearn more about our Councillors, committees and business papers.What we doWe play a critical role in our community, from planning events to economic success. Learn more about us.Working for usJoin our friendly and motivated team.Our cityDiscover who lives in our city, our history, places of interest and information for our new residents.Plans policies and reportsGet access to our annual report, policies, developments and financials.Our initiativesWhat we are advocating for.