Due to continued population growth and more frequent and volatile weather events, Wyndham is about to get a new State Emergency Service (SES) unit.
Construction began on the new Point Cook SES facility on Homestead Road in late 2023 and is set to be completed sometime in the first half of this year.
Longtime Wyndham SES volunteer Laurie Russell has been appointed Unit Controller at Point Cook and said the time had come for another unit in the area.
“Both the government and SES have deemed it necessary to have an enhanced SES presence in the municipality. The current facility at Wyndham is handling up to 400 calls per year,” he said.
The new Point Cook SES unit will add to the existing facility at the Wyndham City Civic Centre and the SES unit at Wyndham West, with plans in progress for a further unit in Tarneit.
Any new SES units and facilities are only useful though if there’s enough volunteers to staff them.
Mr Russell said the response he’s got in Point Cook indicates this won’t be a problem.
“We have been overwhelmed with the applicants desiring to join and be part of the SES and the Point Cook community,” he said, adding that the interview process was underway now.
“Soon after the interviews are completed the selected applicants will go through an extensive training program that will enable them to respond to a whole nature of calls, once the facility is completed.”
Cade Lucas.
