Community Matters
Launched in December 2017, Community Matters delivers key information and updates from across VICSES, with information on wellbeing, health and safety, campaigns and events, projects and operations, and interesting news stories from each of our regions.
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Highlights from the Autumn edition 2025
In this special 50th anniversary edition, join us as we reflect on 50 years since we evolved from the Victorian Civil Defence Organisation and were renamed VICSES on 5 March 1975.
Highlights from this special edition:
- Our history: Victoria Civil Defence Organisation
- The events that made us
- A history of our fleet
- Meet our Golden Jubilee members
Read previous editions of Community Matters
See all previous editions:
- Community Matters, Edition 25 Summer 2023
- Community Matters, Edition 24 Spring 2023
- Community Matters, Edition 23 Winter 2023
- Community Matters, Edition 22 Autumn 2023
- Community Matters, Edition 21 Summer 2022
- Community Matters, Edition 20 Spring 2022
- Community Matters, Edition 19 Winter 2022
- Community Matters, Edition 18 Autumn 2022
- Community Matters, Edition 17 Summer 2021
- Community Matters, Edition 16 Spring 2021
- Community Matters, Edition 15 Winter 2021
- Community Matters, Edition 14 Autumn 2021
- Community Matters, Edition 13 Summer 2020
- Community Matters, Edition 12 Spring 2020
- Community Matters, Edition 11 Winter 2020
- Community Matters, Edition 10 Autumn 2020 part one
- Community Matters, Edition 10 Autumn 2020 part two
- Community Matters, Edition 9 Summer 2019
- Community Matters, Edition 8 Spring 2019
- Community Matters, Edition 7 Winter 2019
- Community Matters Crossword, Edition 7 Winter 2019
- Community Matters, Edition 6, Autumn 2019
- Community Matters, Edition 5, Summer 2018
- Community Matters, Edition 4, Spring 2018
- Community Matters, Edition 3, Winter 2018
- Community Matters, Edition 2, Autumn 2018
- Community Matters, Edition 1, Summer 2017