Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) is a volunteer-based organisation, providing emergency assistance to minimise the impact of emergencies and strengthen the community’s capacity to plan, respond and recover, when emergencies occur.
We are the control agency for flood, storm, earthquake, tsunami and landslide. We also provide the largest road crash rescue network in Victoria.
About VICSES
Operating since 1950, VICSES covers all of Victoria, via 150 units across six regions, in addition to the Victorian Head Office located at Southbank, Melbourne, and 13 other support offices across the state (view map of our locations).
We are the control agency for flood, storm, tsunami, earthquake and landslide throughout Victoria, and provide the largest Road Crash Rescue network in Australia, with specialist teams in 104 of our 150 units across the state.
We operate under the Victoria State Emergency Act (2005) and the coordinating agency for emergency management, Emergency Management Victoria (EMV). As a Statutory Authority, VICSES is governed by a Board, which is accountable to the Minister for Emergency Services.
