About VICSES
Our people – volunteer and staff– are highly skilled, well equipped, and trained comprehensively in a wide range of emergency environments. Today, we comprise more than 5,000 volunteers and 300 employees, all crucial to the success of VICSES and our vision to make the community safer, together.
Our volunteers are the backbone of VICSES, serving the Victorian community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year for 50 years. Over 93% of our people are volunteers.
VICSES provides emergency assistance to thousands of Victorians every year. In 2023-24 VICSES responded to over 31,000 emergency incidents across the state, contributing more than of 308,000 hours helping Victorians in need.
VICSES is governed by a Board of Directors accountable to the Victorian Minister for Emergency Services, and is run by the executive management team.
VICSES produces a number of publications each year about emergency management and about the organisation itself.
Contact Us
Call 132 500 from anywhere in Victoria for flood, storm, tsunami and earthquake emergency. For life-threatening emergencies call Triple Zero (000).
For general enquiries please use our contact form
Victoria State Emergency Service accepts donations from the public to assist us in the work that we do.
All donations are greatly appreciated.
Emergency management & training
The Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) is the control agency for flood, storm, tsunami earthquake and landslide in Victoria. VICSES has a coordination role in facilitating the development of emergency plans for these hazards at state and regional tiers, by managing responses to these emergencies and helping communities to prepare through effective planning.
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