At Tuesday night’s Kiama council meeting, council endorsed the appointment of Christopher Warren as the local controller for the Kiama State Emergency Service Unit.

Council recently received correspondence from the State Emergency Service (SES) region controller Greg Murphy, advising that following the transfer the previous local controller Warren Turner to the Wingecarribee Unit, expressions of interest for a replacement local controller had been called for.

He advised that Christopher Warren had been successful in his expression of interest for the role, and in order for the NSW SES Commissioner to formalise the appointment the SES sought endorsement from Kiama council.

Kiama resident Mr Warren was previously the deputy controller and acting local controller and has been a member of the SES for more than 30 years.

The 52-year-old was recently awarded Life Membership of the SES for his dedication and service.

He began his new role about four weeks ago. 

“It’s exciting, and I’ve been left with a good legacy after Warren left,” Mr Warren said.

“It’s a good role, and we’ve got lots of new members.

“We recently did an intake, and have about 25 new members that started in February.

“They’re going ahead in leaps and bounds.”