Mr Steve Basham, State Emergency Services Deputy Region Controller, presented Gwydir Shire Council with a cheque for $13,750 during the last Council meeting, held at Warialda.
The cheque was the SES contribution to a new vehicle for the Bingara service.
Mayor, Peter Caskey in accepting the cheque said that "they are a wonderful bunch of people in the SES and we couldn’t do without them."