Bush Catering Crew
(established in a formal role in October 1995)

Mission Statement

To contribute to the SES emergency response effort
by enabling the campaign participants
to give fully to the campaign at hand
by providing in the field
for their physical needs of
water, food and ablutions.

Campaign
Logbook

What We Offer

The welfare of SES personnel responding to emergencies in remote areas is both a priority and a unique challenge.

The Bush Catering Crew was formed within the Karratha SES unit in recognition that in certain circumstances it was impossible for conventional catering services to gain access to the difficult types of terrain within the Pilbara or Kimberley region.

The crew run off a bush mode of cooking - that is camp ovens, damper, and billy tea, and set up bush showers and bush toilets. All the necessary equipment is located in a special trailer kept in Karratha to ensure quick mobilisation.

The crew have catered for numbers from 12 to 120 in situations of total independence in the bush to the ‘luxury’ of a highway roadhouse!

The two major justifications for the crew's existence are that firstly the personnel involved with the particular campaign are able to give efficiently and to a greater extent because of the support and catering of the crew, and secondly while the crew exists it means less personnel are taken out of the field to provide necessary support services.