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NSW SES Ryde Unit NSW SES is the combat agency for floods, storms and tsunamis in New South Wales.

🧡Join us in thanking NSW SES volunteers on Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW Day) — 20 May 2026🧡Come and celebrate Wear Orange ...
15/05/2026

🧡Join us in thanking NSW SES volunteers on Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW Day) — 20 May 2026🧡

Come and celebrate Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW Day) with NSW SES Ryde Unit as we recognise the incredible volunteers who support our community during storms, floods, and other emergencies.

Visit the NSW SES display at Level 4, Shepherds Bay Village Plaza Shopping Centre at 11A Bay Dr, Meadowbank, from 09:00 to 12 noon. Meet local volunteers, learn more about the NSW SES support services, and pick up practical information to help you and your family prepare for storm and flood emergencies.

Wear something orange and stop by for a photo with our selfie frame. We’ll also have activities and giveaways throughout the event.

This year’s coincides with National Volunteer Week (18-24 May) , celebrating volunteers from all walks of life and the important contribution they make to our communities.

Whether it’s wearing orange, sharing a message of thanks, or simply dropping by to say hello, we’d love to see you there.

Share your photos, videos or messages of support during May by tagging NSW SES and using the hashtag

Australia Day was a particularly special day as our outgoing Unit Commander Keiran Gibson was recognised as the Ryde Cit...
31/01/2026

Australia Day was a particularly special day as our outgoing Unit Commander Keiran Gibson was recognised as the Ryde Citizen of the Year.

Keiran stepped down as Commander last year after 18 years in command of the Ryde Unit and 26 years to date in the NSW SES. During his time he grew the unit to over 115 volunteers, responding to an average of 600 incidents per year in the Ryde LGA alone. He has trained, assessed and mentored countless SES volunteers and developed a unit culture centred on trust, accountability, respect and team work.

Keiran has worked locally in Ryde and has been deployed around NSW in response to floods and storms as an Incident Controller for major events including:
• ⁠Multiple deployments to the Nepean and Hawkesbury floods (2020 – 2022)
• ⁠Hornsby tornado (2013)
• ⁠Berowra Heights hailstorm December (2018)
• ⁠Support of NSW RFS by SES (2001, 2006, 2013, 2019/2020

Major Ryde storms:
• February 2005
• 2007 Storm – 700 incidents in Ryde
• April 2015 – 180 incidents in Ryde
• June 2016 – 175 incidents in Ryde
• February 2020 – 490 incidents in Ryde
• March 2022 – 202 incidents in Ryde

Alongside his work in training, management and emergency response Keiran has led the Ryde SES’s involvement in the Granny Smith festival working with council on management of road closures, parade management, Rowe St stall closure and bump out and fireworks safety.

Averaging close to 1,000 hours of volunteering every year, alongside his professional employment and raising his young family, Keiran’s commitment to Ryde and the NSW SES is unparalleled and he is a worthy recipient of the Ryde Citizen of Year. A huge congratulations to Keiran from all of us.

NSW SES City of Ryde Mayor Trenton Brown

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