http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25005992-2682,00.htmlTHE Port Lincoln State Emergency Service unit formed 30 years ago to help locals and visitors through any crisis or natural disaster.
Today, the unit has the latest technology and equipment to respond to major emergencies and is about to move into the city's new emergency services headquarters.
Its new rescue vessel, Yakata, was commissioned on the unit's 30th anniversary celebrations last weekend. The NoosaCat 3100 patrol boat is the third vessel the unit has had in service. It replaces the Hydrofield watercraft, which has been relocated to Kingston SE, where a new marine rescue service has been established.
The 45 volunteers in the Port Lincoln unit, who also conduct land search operations, road crash rescues and vertical rescues, will be based at the new emergency services complex at Kirton Point by the end of the year.
That also will be home to the Metropolitan Fire Service and Country Fire Service in Port Lincoln.
West region commander Robert Charlton said: "Without the support of officers, volunteers and their families, the community and the service clubs, we would not have achieved this 30-year milestone."
