North West Regional Headquarters

Call 132 500 for flood and storm emergencies. For life-threatening emergencies call Triple Zero (000)

North West Regional Office

Location
88 Wilson Street
Burnie Tasmania 7320
Postal Address
PO Box 806
Burnie Tasmania 7320
Phone
03 6477 7293
Facsimile
Email
ses.nw@ses.tas.gov.au

North West Regional Units

Location
9 Wellington Street, South Burnie, Tasmania, 7320
Unit Training
Weekly on Thursday evening from 7pm to 9pm

The Burnie Unit responds to the following emergency operations – general rescue, storm damage and land search and rescue. Volunteers are also trained in air search observation and basic roping.

Location
16 Grove Street, Ulverstone Tasmania 7315
Unit Training
Weekly on Wednesday evening from 7pm to 9pm

The Central Coast Unit responds to the following emergency operations – general rescue, storm and flood damage, road crash rescue and land search and rescue. Volunteers are also trained in air search observation and basic roping.

 

Location
117 Nelson Street, Smithton, Tasmania, 7330
Unit Training
Weekly on a Thursday evening from 7:30pm

The Circular Head Unit responds to the following emergency operations – general rescue, storm damage, road crash rescue and land search and rescue. Volunteers are also trained in air search observation, basic roping and emergency lighting.

Location
13 Albert Street, Sheffield, Tasmania, 7306
Unit Training
Weekly on Wednesday evening from 7:30pm

The Kentish Unit responds to the following emergency operations – general rescue, storm damage, road crash rescue and land search and rescue.  Volunteers are also trained in air search observation and basic roping.

 

Location
9 Meech Street, Currie, Tasmania, 7256
Unit Training
Weekly on Wednesday evening from 7:30pm

The King Island Unit responds to the following emergency operations – general rescue, storm damage, road crash rescue and land search and rescue. Volunteers are also trained in basic roping.

Location
19-21 Macfie Street, Devonport, Tasmania, 7310
Unit Training
Weekly on Wednesday evening from 7:30pm

The Mersey Unit covers the area of Latrobe and Devonport. It responds to the following emergency operations – general rescue, storm and flood damage and land search and rescue. Volunteers are also trained in emergency lighting, air search observation and basic roping.

Regional Headquarters

Location
88 Wilson Street, Burnie, Tasmania, 7320
Unit Training
The Unit trains on the first, second and third Tuesday of each month from 7:00pm - 9:00pm.

The Incident Management Unit provides incident management support to Regional Headquarters, TFS and Tasmania Police.

The Incident Management Unit has the responsibility to operate the Regional Operations Centre at the Regional Headquarters, the mobile emergency operations centre to provide emergency radio communications, logistics support, staging area management, administration support in operational activities as required.

 

Regional Headquarters

Location
88 Wilson Street, Burnie, Tasmania, 7320
Unit Training
Every third week on Wednesday evening from 7:30pm

The Search and Rescue (SAR) Unit undertakes remote area search and rescue operations within the North West Region in support of the the Tasmanian Police.

The team trains in at North West Regional Headquarters, Burnie or at the Mersey SES Unit Headquarters in Devonport. Training includes search and rescue techniques, communications, navigation and first aid. SES Search and Rescue Units have the capacity to rapidly deploy on extended search and rescue operations, regardless of seasonal weather or terrain anywhere in Tasmania.

Location
9 Batchelor Street, Queenstown, Tasmania, 7467
Unit Training
Weekly on Tuesday evening from 7:00pm

The Queenstown Unit is one of three units on the West Coast and covers a wide area from Derwent Bridge to Strahan and about 60km along the Anthony Road towards Tullah. The unit responds to the following emergency operations – general rescue, storm damage, road crash rescue and land search and rescue.

 

Location
8 Edward Street, Rosebery, Tasmania, 7470
Unit Training
Weekly on Tuesday evening from 7pm

The Rosebery Unit is one of 3 units located on the West Coast and responds to the following emergency events – general rescue, storm damage, road crash rescue and land search and rescue.  Volunteers are also trained in air search observation and basic roping.

 

Location
17 Smith Street, Waratah, Tasmania, 7321
Unit Training
Weekly on Tuesday evening from 7pm

The Waratah Unit covers a wide area – Hellyer Gorge to the north, Corinna to the west, 30km northwest up to the Western Explorer Road and the municipal boundary of West Coast to the south. The unit responds to the following emergency operations – general rescue, road crash rescue, storm damage and land search and rescue. Volunteers are also trained in basic roping.

Location
87 Inglis Street, Wynyard, Tasmania, 7321
Unit Training
Weekly on Thursday evening from 7pm

The Wynyard unit responds to the following emergency operations – general rescue, storm and flood damage, road crash rescue and land search and rescue.  Volunteers are also trained in emergency lighting, air search observation and basic roping.

Location
91 Main Street, Zeehan, Tasmania, 7469
Unit Training
Weekly on Tuesday evening from 7:30pm

The Zeehan Unit is one of three units located on the West Coast and responds to the following emergency events – general rescue, storm damage, road crash rescue and land search and rescue.  Volunteers are also trained in air search observation and basic roping.