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Autumn 2025

VICSES Community Matters Special Edition - Celebrating 50 Years of VICSES
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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

 

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Summer 2024

VICSES Joint Training - Large scale training exercise with our agency partners
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Spring 2024

International Youth Day - Highlighting Our Junior Members.
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Winter 2024

Wear Orange Wednesday - Celebrating our incredible volunteers.
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Autumn 2024

Volunteers help out during Ballarat search and rescue operation.
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