Structure of the SES
The
Tasmania State Emergency Service has its headquarters in
Hobart.
The SES is a division within the Department of Police and Emergency
Management and is led by the Director of the State Emergency Service Tasmania.
This position reports to the Commissioner of Police who is the head
of agency.
Providing
managerial support to the Director are three Managers responsible for the
areas of Operations, Planning and Learning and Development.
In addition, there is an officer responsible for training and
community awareness. A small
number of clerical staff provides support to the Director, Managers and
training staff within the State Headquarters.
The State is divided geographically into three regions which have Regional
Headquarters in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie.
Each Regional Headquarters is staffed by a Regional Manager, who is
responsible for emergency management planning and associated matters, a
Regional Officer who is responsible for the management, equipping and
training of volunteer units, affiliated organizations and associated
activities, and a Regional Training Officer responsible for training of
volunteers. Each region also
has an administrative support officer.
Each Region also has a volunteer Regional Headquarters Unit which
provides an operational capability to the Regional permanent staff.
In addition, each region maintains a Search and Rescue Unit
comprising volunteers with specialist search and rescue skills. These
units work very closely with Police Search and Rescue throughout Tasmania
.
In addition there are 26 municipally based and supported SES units.
Each unit is comprised entirely of volunteer members of whom there
are approximately 500 throughout the State.
These volunteers provide the SES’s operational capability and
give a very high level of professional service to the community.
The units are supported by their respective Local Council and the
SES.
Within
Tasmania
there are 29 Local Government
areas. Each municipality has a
legislative responsibility to maintain an Emergency Management Plan.
To provide emergency management planning support at local
government level, a State Emergency Service Local Coordinator is appointed
by the Minister for Police and Public Safety.
These positions are not paid positions and are filled by either
Local Government Officers or volunteers from within each community.
The Regional Manager within each SES region works in close liaison
with each Local Coordinator, providing support and advice to ensure that
each Municipal Emergency Management Plan is appropriate and reviewed on a
regular basis.
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