Editing State Emergency Service (section)

== History ==
During World War II the National Emergency Service was created on 1 February 1939 to provide [[air raid warden]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gallery.records.nsw.gov.au/index.php/galleries/war-and-australia/war-and-australia-world-war-ii/world-war-ii-1942-nsw-prepares-for-war/|title=World War II and Australia: National Emergency Services NSW|access-date=28 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221001445/https://gallery.records.nsw.gov.au/index.php/galleries/war-and-australia/war-and-australia-world-war-ii/world-war-ii-1942-nsw-prepares-for-war/|archive-date=21 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The organisation was disbanded six months after the end of the war.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/640|title=National Emergency Services, New South Wales|website=www.records.nsw.gov.au|access-date=28 February 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215204223/https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/agency/640|archive-date=15 February 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The Civil Defence Service began in Australia in 1955. It was formed as a precaution to any potential attacks on Australian soil. The name was changed to the "State Emergency Service" (abbreviated to "SES") during the 1970s, to reflect a change of emphasis into providing emergency help related to [[flood]]s, [[storm]]s and other natural emergencies. Every state and territory in Australia has its own State (or Territory) Emergency Service, and there are 43,000 volunteers spread across the country. Each state or territory is broken into ''regions'', then ''units'', and finally ''groups'' or ''teams''.

The SES is one of many public safety organisations using [[Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System|AIIMS]] (Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System). Typically, small (Level 1) incidents are assigned to a 'unit' and dealt with by a 'team' while larger  and/or more complex (Level 2 or 3) incidents are coordinated at the regional level.