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Tools What links here Related changes MAYBE LATER CLOSE Special pages Permanent link Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) is a volunteerbased Page information organisation responding to natural disasters and working to ensure the Corporate Logo Cite this page safety of communities around Victoria, Australia. Each State and territory Wikidata item of Australia has its own independent State Emergency Service (SES), and Print/export VICSES is only one of these services spread across Australia. At times of Download as PDF great need or catastrophic disaster, it is common that assistance be

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In other projects VICSES is the lead agency when responding to floods, storms, tsunami Wikimedia Commons and earthquakes as well as operating the largest network of road rescue units in Australia and one of the largest in the world. Languages Emblem VICSES also provides assistance to other emergency services such as Add links Agency overview Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria, The Country Fire Authority (CFA) and Formed 1975 to municipal councils in planning and auditing their emergency management plans. Preceding Civil Defence Organisation agency [1] There are more than 5,000 volunteers and 200 employees spread Jurisdiction Victoria across 150 units that are committed and dedicated volunteers around the Headquarters 168 Sturt Street, Southbank, state who provide these services 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Victoria, Australia [2] every day of the year in Victoria. Employees Paid and Voluntary

Volunteers 5,000 Contents [hide] Staff 200 1 Responsibilities Agency Stephen Griffin, Chief 1.1 Control Agency executives Executive Officer 1.2 Support agency Tim Wiebusch, Chief Officer 2 Activities Operations 3 Regions Kate White, Director Community Resilience and 4 Ranks Communications 4.1 Volunteer Insignia John Casey, Director 4.2 Staff Insignia Corporate Services 5 Units Katrina Bahen, Director Human 5.1 Central Region Resources Silvia Silverii, Chief Information 5.2 East Region Officer 5.3 Mid West Region Website ses.vic.gov.au 5.4 North East Region 5.5 North West Region 5.6 South West Region 5.6 South West Region 6 Volunteers Association 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

Responsibilities [ edit ]

Control Agency [ edit ] Storm Flood Tsunami Earthquake Landslide

Support agency [ edit ]

Country Fire Authority (CFA) Victoria Police (VICPOL) Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) [Previously known as the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB)] Ambulance Victoria (AV) Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)

Activities [ edit ]

In addition to its control agency functions, VICSES has a shared responsibility for rescues with the CFA and MFB.

VICSES along with other emergency services in Victoria, provide specialist response functions including:

Road Rescue High Angle Rescue Industrial Rescue Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Search and Rescue (SAR) Alpine Search and Rescue (ASAR) Swift Water Rescue Marine Search and Rescue (MSAR) General Land Rescue

VICSES is also called upon to assist other agencies with unique tasks, some include:

Victoria Police Crime scene preservation Pardon the interruption, but it's important. Evidence search General assistance (lighting, temporary power, ladders, etc.). We'll cut to the chase: 98% of our readers don't give; they simply look Ambulance Victoria away. All we ask is $2.75, or whatever seems right to you this Monday, before DONATE NOW you Agsest isbta wckith t op aytoieunrt acratrircyloeu. ts Assist paramedics in difficult terrain (4WD/ATV/BOAT) Country Fire Authority Staging area management Incident Management Environmental Protection Authority Deployment of air quality monitoring equipment

Regions [ edit ]

VICSES is broken into 6 regions that cover the state of Victoria

Central Region (Melbourne Metropolitan) East Region (Gippsland) Mid West Region (Grampians) North East Region (Hume) North West Region (Loddon Malle) South West Region (Barwon South West) South West Region (Barwon South West)

Region Map

Ranks [ edit ]

Volunteer Insignia [ edit ]

Section Leader Deputy Controller Unit Controller

Staff Insignia [ edit ]

Operations Officer Operations Manager Assistant Chief Officer Deputy Chief Officer Chief Officer

Units [ edit ]

Central Region [ edit ]

Other General Special Unit Location Rescue(s) Support(s) Other Notes Links Rescue(s) Skill Set Brimbank Broadmeadows Central East RHQ Unit Central West RHQ Unit Chelsea SES Unit's history can 2 – be traced Boats back to 1953 1 – Lighting Boat making it one of the Trailer Rescue 99 Scotch longest, Parade, 1 – Land Website continuous 2 – Four Pump Based Bonbeach serving units Facebook Trailer Swift Chelsea VIC 3196 1 2 Wheel assisting the Water Instagram Drives 1 – Sand community Google Bag Rescue Maps This unit is Trailer Air Junior Observer 1 – Accredited General allowing the Purpose unit to train Trailer children between the ages of 16 – 17 years old

Craigieburn Emerald

9 Boat Rutherford Rescue St, Land Essendon Aberfeldie Facebook Based VIC 3039 Swift Google Water Maps Rescue

Footscray This unit is 6 Junior McMannis Road 1 – Mini Accredited Way, Crash Website 3 – Four bus allowing the Rescue Frankston Seaford 3 0 Wheel unit to train Facebook 2 – VIC 3198 Drives Boat children Boats Google Rescue between the Maps ages of 16 – 17 years old Formerly Oakleigh Unit, name Glen Eira changed on 30 June 2014 Formerly Springvale Greater Unit, name Dandenong changed on 30 June 2014 Hastings Healesville Formerly Altona Unit, name Hobsons Bay changed on 30 June 2014 Knox Lilydale Malvern Formerly Doncaster Unit, name Manningham changed on 30 June 2014 Formerly Croydon Unit, name Maroondah changed on 30 June 2014 Melton Formerly Waverley Unit, name Monash changed on 30 June 2014 Moorabbin Narre Warren Road Crash Rescue

1 x Technical Lighting Rescue – 1 x Heavy Trailer Formerly 58 Susan Steep Eltham Unit, Street, Rescue 1 x Angle Website 1 x Storm 1 x 4WD name Nillumbik Eltham, 1 x Sandbag Rope Facebook GPT 1 x Ranger changed on Victoria, Rescue Filler Rescue 30 June 3088 Support Trailer (multi 2014 1 x Toilet agency team with Trailer CFA)

Air Search Observers

Northcote Pakenham Formerly St Kilda Unit, name Port Phillip changed on 30 June 2014 Sorrento Sunbury Upper Yarra Formerly Nunawading Nunawading Unit, name Whitehorse changed on 30 June 2014 Whittlesea Wyndham Wyndham West

East Region [ edit ]

Unit Location Other Links Notes East Regional Support Bairnsdale Bendoc Bruthen Buchan Cann River Erica Foster Inverloch Leongatha Loch Sport Maffra Mallacoota Moe Morwell Orbost Phillip Island Rosedale Sale San Remo Stratford Tambo Valley Formerly Swifts Creek Unit, name changed on 1 November 2018 Warragul Wonthaggi Yarram

Mid West Region [ edit ]

Other Unit Location Notes Links Ararat Bacchus Marsh Ballarat Dimboola Formerly known as Rupanyup Unit, name changed on 30 June Dunmunkle 2014 Edenhope Goroke Hepburn Shire Horsham Kaniva Mid West Region Support Nhill St Arnaud Stawell Warracknabeal

North East Region [ edit ]

Unit Location Other Links Notes Alexandra Beechworth Benalla Bright Chiltern Cobram Corryong Euroa Falls Creek Kilmore Kinglake Mansfield Marysville Mitta Mitta Murchison Myrtleford Numurkah Regional Headquarters Unit Rutherglen Seymour Shepparton SAR Tallangatta Tatura Wangaratta Wodonga Yackandandah Yarrawonga

North West Region [ edit ]

Unit Location Other Links Notes Bendigo Birchip Castlemaine Dunolly Echuca Gisborne Heathcote Kerang Kyabram Marong Maryborough Mildura Murrayville North West RSU Ouyen Robinvale Rochester Rushworth Swan Hill Wedderburn Woodend Woomelang Wycheproof

South West Region [ edit ]

Unit Location Other Links Notes Balmoral Bannockburn Bellarine Camperdown Cobden Colac Corio Dartmoor Dunkeld Geelong Hamilton Heywood Lismore Lorne Mortlake Otway Port Campbell Port Fairy Portland RSU South Barwon Terang Torquay Warrnambool Winchelsea

Volunteers Association [ edit ]

Volunteers and Units are represented by the Victoria State Emergency Service Volunteers Association (VICSESVA) which was formed in 1983.

The Association's role is to advocate for VICSES volunteers by raising issues VICSESVA Corporate Logo that impact on skills, training, funding, equipment, ethics & safety. VICSESVA is a nonprofit association run and managed by VICSES Volunteers. See also [ edit ]

Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council

References [ edit ] 1. ^ "SES – Who We Are" . www.ses.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 1 November 2019. 2. ^ "Victoria State Emergency Service" . Victoria SES.

External links [ edit ]

Victoria SES Facebook page Wikimedia Commons has Australian Council of State Emergency Services media related to Victoria State Emergency Service. Victoria State Emergency Service Victoria State Emergency Service Volunteers Association

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