Established

The Mundaring State Emergency Service Unit (inc) was established on 15th August 1990.
The unit was established because the Shire of Mundaring saw a need for an SES unit when they designed their Counter Disaster Manual in 1989.

Coordinators/Local Managers

The original Coordinator was Cornelius de Bruin Von Geldern. 
He was appointed on 26/06/1990 and resigned on 29/10/1990.
The next Coordinator was  Karl Mucjanko, appointed on 26/02/1991.
In 1997, Jim Archibald was appointed Local Manager.
In 2003,  Lin Booth was appointed Local Manager.
In 2010,  Robert Palmer was appointed Local Manager.

Significant Events

The Unit have had several very severe thunderstorms in the Mundaring Shire, with teams having to work for in excess of one week straight in 1994 and 3 days straight in 2011. Each year the members of the unit will attend community members residences to carry out temporary repairs to mitigate the effects of storm damage.

Also, Unit members have attended as far north as Kulumbaroo following cyclones, cyclone damaged areas in Exmouth in 1999, fires in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria in 2000 and cyclone damage in Karatha in 2011.

Members of the unit have also assisted other units in the Perth metropolitan area with storm damage tasks after many annual storms.

Search is another area in which the Unit has had significant work over the years. It is not uncommon for at least one or two searches to be conducted each year in the forest surrounding Mundaring Shire, for people who become lost.

Members also assist in searches in all other areas of the state, when required.