Victoria State Emergency Service

Victoria State Emergency Service

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Agency overview
Formed	1975
Preceding agency	Civil Defence Organisation
Jurisdiction	Victoria
Headquarters	168 Sturt Street, Southbank, Victoria, Australia
Employees	Paid and Voluntary Volunteers 5,000 Staff 200
Agency executives	Greg Leach AFSM, Chief Executive Officer Tim Wiebusch, Chief Officer Operations Kate White, Executive Director Community & Corporate Services Shelley Cusson, Director People and Organisational Development Silvia Silverii, Chief Information Officer
Website	ses.vic.gov.au

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.

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]