SES steps in new era - Blue Mountains Gazette

After two years of hard work by State Emergency Service volunteers, the extensions and renovations of the SES headquarters at Katoomba were officially opened last Friday.

Almost $140,000, which was completely raised from donations and fundraising, was spent modernising the facility into a state-of-the-art operations and administration centre for the 100-strong volunteers to work from during emergencies. 

“It was 20 years ago this week since we first moved into the emergency centre,” said John Hughes, local controller for the NSW SES, “and it was time to modernise the building to meet the challenges and needs of our community when we have a disaster to contend with.”

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Former SES controllers Ken Parsons, Costa Zakis and David Parsons, with current local controller John Hughes, at the official opening of the SES operations centre at Katoomba. Photo: Darren Edwards.