Moreton Bay SES Win Unit of the Year

With some stiff competition from the Brisbane City SES Unit and Redland SES Unit, our Moreton Bay SES Unit came out on top taking out the Brisbane Region SES Week Award for the Region Unit/Group of the Year. The award recognises the overall levels of efficiency in rescue, emergency disaster response and/or community engagement, including the overall effectiveness of the Unit/Group, member recruitment, retention and development initiatives, learning and development programs, RTO compliance, stock control, public education and awareness of Disaster Management, interaction with other community and volunteer organisations and training exercises. During the ceremony, members were also recognized for years of service. The National Medal is a national award recognizing service within or across either the State Emergency Service, Ambulance Service, Police Service or Military Service. The medal is awarded after 15 years of service with a clasp awarded for every 5 years after that. The recipients for this medal were: Gary Cole from Petrie Group Trevor Klink from Petrie Group James Cramb from Deception Bay Group Julian Oldham from Arana Hills The Meritorious Service Medals and Clasps are awarded for service to the Queensland State Emergency Service and is awarded after 10 years service. A clasp is also awarded for every 5 years of service after the ten-year mark has been reached. The recipients for this medal were: Monica Sims Petrie Group (Medal) 10 years service Peter Sims Petrie Group (Medal) 10 years service Gary Green Bribie Island (Medal and 2nd Clasp) 20 years service Nicola Simonds from Caboolture was awarded an SES Week Award for her service to the Caboolture SES Group. Ryan McVeigh from Redcliffe was awarded an SES Week Award for his service to the Redcliffe SES Group.