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Victoria State Emergency Service
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Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) is a volunteer-based organisation responding to natural disasters and working to ensure the safety of communities around Victoria, Australia. Each State and territory of Australia has its own independent State Emergency Service (SES), and VICSES is only one of these services spread across Australia. At times of great need or catastrophic disaster, it is common that assistance be sought from other states.
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VICSES is the lead agency when responding to floods, storms, landslides; tsunami, earthquakes, and incidents involving building damage, as well as operating the largest network of road rescue units in Australia and one of the largest in the world.
VICSES also provides assistance to other emergency services such as Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria, The Country Fire Authority (CFA), Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) and to municipal councils in support of their emergency management plans.
There are more than 5,000 volunteers and 220 employees[1] spread across 155 units.[2]
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Responsibilities
Control Agency
- Storm
- Flood
- Tsunami
- Earthquake
- Landslide
- incidents involving building damage
- rescue incidents involving rail, aircraft and industrial (as per State Road Crash Rescue Arrangements 2023)
Support agency
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Activities
In addition to its control agency functions, VICSES has a shared responsibility for rescues with the CFA and FRV.
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)
- Land Based Swift Water Rescue (LBSWR)
- 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
- Evidence search
- General assistance (lighting, temporary power, ladders, etc.).
- Ambulance Victoria
- Assist with patient carry-outs
- 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
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Regions
VICSES is broken into 2 regions that cover the state of Victoria. The SES Units are supported by Unit Support Teams (UST) with career personnel.
- East Region
- Unit Support Teams in Bayside, Eastern Metro, East Gippsland, Goulburn Broken, North East, Southern Metro, West Gippsland
- West Region
- Unit Support Teams in Barwon, Loddon, Mallee, Mid West, North West Metro, South West, Wimmera
Ranks
Volunteer Insignia
Staff Insignia
Vehicles, Trailers & Other Assets
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Cars
Passenger Vehicles
Cars include a mixture of Ford, Holden, Subaru, Kia and Toyota
Mini-Van
Four Wheel Drives
Mixture of Nissan Patrol, Navara, Pathfinder, Ford Rangers, Everest & Toyota Hilux
Light Rescue
Mixture of chassis Ford, Mercedes & Iveco
Medium Rescue
Medium Rescue (2WD)
| Chssis | Hino 300 Series, 921 Crew Cab |
| GVM | 8.5t |
| Engine | 5.1L Turbocharged Diesel |
| Transmission | 6 Speed Automatic |
| Seating | 6 Seats |
| Drive | 4x2 rear wheel, 100L fuel tank capacity |
| Safety | Dual SRS Airbags, ABS Brakes with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD). |
Equipment Body:
- 5 large and 3 smaller lockers, with 3 x shadow boards for the storage of tools, 5 x sliding shelves and,
- 4 x slide and tilt shelves (including LED locker lighting).
- Light mast (up to 7.5m from ground) with 4 x 100W 24V LED lights (output 10,479 Lm per light).
- External work lights at the mid point of the body, controlled by the Hazard SLIC panel.
- Martin power supply system capacity of 8 kVA with 8 x 10A GPO’s.
- Compressed air system delivering 10 Cubic Feet per Minute (CFM) at 116psi.
- Bulbar fitted with HID driving lights.
- No tow bar fitted.
Equipment Capabilities:
- Up to 1,000kg of tools and equipment
- Multi purpose truck, i.e. capacity for storm and flood or RCR equipment.
Licence Requirements:
- Light Rigid Licence
Medium Rescue (4WD)
| Chassis | Isuzu NPS 75/155 4WD Crew Cab |
| GVM | 7.5t |
| Engine | 5.0L Diesel Turbocharged |
| Transmission | 5 speed Automated Manual |
| Seating | 7 Seats |
| Drive | Electric control part time 4WD with dual range transfer case, limited slip rear differential, 140 Litre fuel tank capacity |
| Safety | Incl. Driver and passenger air bags, ABS braking |
Equipment Body:
- 5 large and 3 smaller lockers, with 3 x shadow boards for the storage of tools, 5 x sliding shelves and,
- 4 x slide and tilt shelves (including LED locker lighting).
- Light mast (up to 7.5m from ground) with 4 x 24V LED lights.
- External work lights at the mid point of the body, controlled by the Hazard SLIC panel.
- Martin power supply system - capacity of 8 kVA with 8 x 10A GPO’s.
- Compressed air system delivering 10 Cubic Feet per Minute (CFM) at 116psi.
- Bulbar fitted with 15,000lb, 24v winch & HID driving lights
- No tow bar fitted.
Equipment Capabilities:
- Up to 1,000kg of tools and equipment
- Multi purpose truck, i.e. capacity for RAIR, Storm and Flood equipment.
Licence Requirements:
- Light Rigid Licence
Heavy Rescue
Heavy Rescue Truck (2WD)
| Chassis | Hino 500, FD 1124 Crew Cab |
| GVM | 11t |
| Engine | 6.4L Diesel Turbocharged |
| Transmission | Automatic |
| Seating | 7 Seats |
| Drive | Rear wheel, 200L fuel tank capacity |
| Safety | ABS Brakes with ASR, electric and heated mirrors and drivers SRS airbag |
Equipment Body:
- 7 large and 1 smaller lockers, with 3 x shadow boards for the storage of tools, 5 x sliding shelves and
- 8 x fixed shelving, 4 x slide and tilt shelves (including locker lighting).
- Light mast (up to 7.5m from ground) with 4 x 24v LED lights.
- External work lights at the mid point of the body, controlled by the Hazard SLIC panel.
- Martin power supply of 8kVA with 8 x 10A GPO.
- Compressed air system delivering 15 cubic feet per minute (CFM) at 130psi.
- Bull bar fitted with HID driving lights
- No tow bar fitted
Equipment Capabilities:
- Up to 2,000kg of tools and equipment
- RAIR purpose truck, i.e. capacity RAIR and storm or flood equipment.
Licence Requirements:
- Medium Rigid Licence
Boats
IRB's
Trailers
Lighting Towers
Genie AL6-6000
- 8.40 m extended mast height
- 2.45 m long (drawbar retracted)
- Kubota D1403 diesel10.7 kW @1500rpm
AllightSykes URBAN MLLED200K-9AC-K
- 9-meter mast design
- LED's 4 x 500 watt
- 200,000 lumens
- Kubota D905 Diesel Engine
- 100km/h Wind Speed Rated
Sand Bag Trailer
Storm Trailer
Pump Trailer
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Units
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Central Region ( Including North West Metro and South)
Gippsland Region
Grampians Region
Hume Region
Loddon Mallee Region
Barwon South West Region
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Volunteers Association
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 that impact on skills, training, funding, equipment, ethics & safety. VICSESVA is a non-profit association run and managed by VICSES Volunteers.
See also
Other States:
- (NSW) New South Wales State Emergency Service
- (QLD) Queensland State Emergency Service
- (SA) South Australian State Emergency Service
- (ACT) Australian Capital Territory State Emergency Service
- (WA) State Emergency Service of Western Australia
- (NT) Northern Territory Emergency Service
- (TAS) Tasmania State Emergency Service
References
External links
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