The DFES Volunteer Employer Recognition Awards (VERA) acknowledge the important contribution made by employers and self-employed volunteers in the delivery of emergency services in Western Australia.
Many employers allow our emergency services volunteers to take time off work to respond to incidents or attend training, enabling them to deliver essential services that help keep our communities safe.
VERA encourages emergency service volunteers to nominate either their employer or a self-employed volunteer for an award. Following assessment employers may be awarded in one of three categories: Gold, Silver and Bronze.
Nominations have closed for the 2018 Volunteer Employer Recognition Awards.
Recipients will be announced at an awards ceremony on Friday 2 November 2018.
More information on the Volunteer Employer Recognition Awards.
2017
Gold Recipients
Altitude Safety Access City of Karratha Fitzroy Crossing Hospital Hales Electrical T/A Hales Contracting Group Pty Ltd Onslow Police Station Primaries CRT Northam Tom Price Senior High School Shire of Derby/West Kimberley Shire of Esperance Fitzroy Valley District High School St Mary's College Stephen Foureur RTA Turner Electrics ASC Pty Ltd Blackwood Mechanical City of Cockburn Clean Cloth Cotton Traders Expressway Transport Industries Tritan Services Gantheaume Bay Electrical GroupGSA Hire a Waste of Space Les Cooke Instrument Co Pty Ltd Mazenod College Miluc Civil Pty Ltd Network Aviation Australia Redline Drill and Blast SETS Enterprises Pty Ltd Shire of Ashburton Shire of Dundas Talison Lithium Tambellup G & T Motors WA Police Traffic Technical Unit Water Force WA White Sands Bathroom Renovations PEP Building Improvements Barbeques Galore - Esperance CAM Diesel Charles Barton Pirtek Port Hedland
Silver Recipients
Cambridge Gulf Limited Downer - Roy Hill Mining Landmark Carnarvon Seachange Apartments Goldline Distributors Mike's Mowing, Gardening and Maintenance Service Shire of Esperance Tohl Engineering Bank of Queensland - Bunbury Broadcast Transmission Services Broadspectrum Centurion Transport Department of Communities - Housing - West Kimberley Department of Human Services - Bunbury Service Centre Donnybrook Packing Company Hully's Spraying Service Leading Edge Computers Dongara Lloyd Collins Property Consultants Pty Ltd Merredin Glazing Service Mindarie Natural Health Centre MSS Security Ngangganawili Aboriginal Health Service Osinski Finance P & N Bank - Securities and Maintenance Parks and Wildlife Service - Southern Wheatbelt District Reece Group - Rockingham Royal Australian Navy - HMAS PERTH Schneider Electric Buildings Australia Wenham Constructions YARA Pilbara Komatsu Norseman District High School Perth Diving Academy Hillarys Peter Hill
Bronze Recipients
CH Robinson Farmers Centre (WA) PTY LTD Chris Buckley Conveyancing McIntosh and Son North Regional TAFE Allwest plant hire Cape Naturaliste College Centacare Employment and Training Department of Finance Eclipse Security Services iCetana Pty Ltd Midland Bus company Perth Netball Association (INC) Shire of Corrigin Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital Esperance Senior High School - Education Support Centre Royal Perth Hospital
Past Award Recipients
2016
Alcoa Huntly Minesite Alcoa Kwinana Refinery Artemis Cleaning Aurizon Camco Engineering Central Park City of Gosnells Department of Corrective Services - Wooroloo Prison Farm Fulton Hogan Services Goldfields Australia Margaret River Vet Hospital Moran's Store Quintos Tyres Rio Tinto - RSM Locomotives / 7 Mile Rose & Son Building Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup Shire of Chittering Shire of Katanning Shire of Northam SpiderWeb Solutions TEC Services WA Country Health Service – Wheatbelt
Activ Foundation Albany Turf Farm Argyle Engineering Aurecon Averm Pty Ltd Bayview Geographe Resort Boab Health Services BP Roebourne Caltex - Busselton Champion Bay Electrical Coogee Chemicals Discount Drug Store - Mandurah Downtime Diving Fortescue Metal Group - Rolling Stock Maintenance Frank's International Gantheaume Bay Electrical Hynes Contracting Kinetic IT Margaret River Burger Company Marla Securities Metcash Limited Mount Barker Community College Mowanjum Aboriginal Corporation Pingelly Post Office Shire of Irwin Silver Chain Group Limited Thornlie Senior High School Warren Hospital Woolworths
AlphaZeta Group Australian Native Nursery Baptistcare Moonya BGC Plumbing Caversham Wildlife Park CJD Equipment CPR Electrical Services Crocks Mobile Mechanical Edith Cowan University - Mt Lawley Campus Explorus Adventure Learning GA Perry Hanrahan Construction Kununurra Primary Health Centre Rentokil Initial The Blue Budha WA Country Health Service - South West
2015
Britax Childcare Bushfire Prone Planning Coral Bay Ocean Game Fishing Charter Cristal Pigments Department of Corrective Services – Casuarina Prison Durack Institute of Technology Fitzroy Hardware Kalbarri Cruises LGIS Margaret River Rural & Firebreaks Mineral Resources MR & EM Walker Murchison Mowing and Maintenance Murdoch University Veterinary Hospital Office National Broome Onsite Rental Group Rio Tinto – Port Maintenance Dampier Rio Tinto – Robe Valley Rio Tinto Iron Ore – Cape Lambert Sepmar & Firetrain SEQTA Software Shark Bay Resources Shire of Coolgardie Shire of Kalamunda Shire of Kulin Shire of Morawa Shire of Victoria Plains Test and Go The Farm Shop – Northam Walpole Dingo Services Wattem Nominees YouthCARE
Bunbury Holden Blackwood Valley Real Estate Charles Hull Contracting City Famers - Rockingham CGS Engineers Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline Geographe Primary School Hallinan’s Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Hi-Way Sales & Service Inside the Square Bookkeeping Nirrumbuk Aboriginal Corporation Ocean Park Aquarium Programmed Total Farming Services Southern Ports Authority – Albany WA Country Health Service – Mid West WA Country Health Service – Pilbara WA Country Health Service – South West Wagin Mechanical Woodside Energy
BGC Residential Brice Department of Corrective Services – Roebourne Regional Prison Dome - Bunbury Goldrush Tours Insight Project Services Key Location Laminex Main Roads – South West Norrine Farms Rainbow Frame and Truss Spotless Vasse Primary School WA Diesel Services WA Timber Door and Window