SES Hume Region

01/10/2025

🌏⚡ Are You Ready to Shake? ⚡🌏

The world’s largest earthquake drill – the Great ShakeOut is coming up fast on 16 October!

It takes just a few minutes to practice the lifesaving action:

👉 DROP, COVER, HOLD ON.

Get your workplace, school, or community group involved and be part of something BIG.

✅ Register your earthquake drill here: vicses.info/shake25

Don’t just read about safety. Practice it. Own it. Shake it.

VICSES is supporting local schools, workplaces and community groups to ShakeOut on 16 October. Join VICSES and practise staying safe in earthquakes!

24/09/2025

🌾🚨 Last Day at Henty! 🚨🌾

We’ve had an incredible few days at the Henty Field Days – and we’re not done yet! 💪

Today is your final chance to:
👋 Meet our VICSES and NSW SES teams
🚒 Explore our vehicles and equipment
💡 Learn how to get flood and storm ready
🙋‍♀️ Chat about volunteering in your community

We’re proud to showcase cross-border teamwork and the power of local resilience. Don’t miss out – come find us at stand T (998-1000) before the day wraps up!

24/09/2025

🚜🌾 Henty Field Days – Day 2! 🌾🚜

We’re back and teaming up with NSW SES to showcase how cross-border collaboration makes our communities stronger. 💪

👩‍🌾 From paddocks to preparedness, tractors to torches – our crews are here with practical tips, tools, and plenty of know-how to help you stay safe when storms and floods roll in.

👉 Drop by the Paddock to Preparedness stand (Block T, Sites 998–1000), chat with our friendly teams, test your preparedness knowledge, and pick up some handy ideas.

Let’s get paddock proud and preparedness ready – together!

See you at Henty Field Days 👋

23/09/2025

🚜🌾 Henty Field Days – We’re here! 🌾🚜

VICSES and NSWSES are teaming up across the border for something BIG! 💪

Come find us at Block T, Sites 998–1000 where we’re showcasing how country know-how meets community preparedness.

👩‍🌾 From tractors to torches, crops to community – we’ve got tips, tools, and a few surprises to help keep you and your family safe when the unexpected rolls in.

👉 Swing by our site, have a chat with our friendly crews, test your preparedness knowledge, and walk away with some handy ideas.

Let’s get paddock proud and preparedness ready – together!

See you at Henty Field Days 👋

02/06/2025

**Celebrating 1,075 Years of Volunteer Dedication!**

On Sunday, May 25th, the Hume Region came together for a truly remarkable awards ceremony, honoring an astounding 1,075 years of unwavering commitment from our incredible volunteers. This vibrant region, which includes the picturesque Alpine resorts and is interlaced with the Goulburn Broken, Ovens, King, and Kiewa Rivers, is a hub of activity—a perfect backdrop for such dedicated service!

Our VICSES volunteers are among the most skilled and devoted individuals, ready to respond 24/7, every day of the year. Their hard work and selflessness make a profound difference in your communities.

A heartfelt thank you goes out to all VICSES volunteers for their tireless efforts. We also extend our deepest gratitude to the families and friends who support our volunteers—your encouragement is invaluable!

Together, we thank VICSES Volunteers 🧡

📸Rensmart Photography

21/05/2025

🎉 Happy Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW Day)! 🎉 Today, let’s unite in a vibrant wave of gratitude for our amazing SES volunteers who tirelessly support our communities! This year is particularly special as we celebrate an incredible milestone—50 years of VICSES! That’s five decades of dedicated volunteers stepping up to provide life-saving emergency response during floods, storms, rescues, and so much more!

Have you added a pop of orange to your outfit, organised a fun orange-themed event, or even thought about joining our volunteer family? We want to hear YOUR stories! Share your unforgettable moments and tag . Together, let's make this day a celebration to remember! 🧡

05/03/2025

50 Years of VICSES, and SES Alexandra Unit Controller, Peter Weeks ESM, has been serving his community every single one of them. 🧡

24/02/2025

When you join SES, you join a team of thousands of members across Victoria, working together with other agencies and businesses like OLEX Civil to create a safer community. A huge SES thankyou to OLEX for kindly donating a truck and 15,000 litres of water to create a life-like training scenario of a broken water main threatening to flood industrial premises and blocking storm water drains. 🧡🧡🧡

Congratulations to the 16 dedicated volunteers who achieved SES Crew Member Level 2 in Cobram recently. These members add emergency storm response capacity to SES Chiltern Unit SES Cobram Unit SES Kilmore Unit SES Myrtleford Unit SES Numurkah Unit SES Rushworth Unit Shepparton Search and Rescue Squad SES Tatura Unit and SES Yarrawonga Unit.

We also thank the amazing SES volunteers Ingo, Tim, and Graham who gave up their time to train or assess the new members, with support from SES Operations Officer Dan to deliver this crucial training in hazard assessment, response planning, sandbagging, pumping, controlled water release and asset protection.

Well done to the crew and THANK YOU very much to OLEX and the team who delivered and collected the water truck in their own time. 🧡🧡🧡

Join the VICSES team at ses.vic.gov.au/joinus

Victoria State Emergency Service VicEmergency - Hume SES Bright Unit

11/01/2025

⛈ BE STORM READY ⛈

Severe storms are likely in the Hume Region (Noth East Victoria and Alpine areas) tomorrow, Sunday 12 January with heavy rainfall the main concern. This can lead to possible flash flooding, damaging winds and large hail.

‼️ It is very difficult to forecast exactly where a storm will affect an area, and what sort of damage will be done. Early preparation is the best defence against storms. ✅

🪫 🔋Charge batteries and devices in case of power outages.
💨 Tie down trampolines and outdoor furniture
🚗 Avoid travel. Go slow and never drive through floodwater.
🌲 Stay away from trees, floodways and storm drains.

☎️Call 132 500 for emergency storm assistance from Victoria State Emergency Service, or Triple Zero 000 if life threatening.

📱 Stay Informed with the VicEmergency app at www.emergency.vic.gov.au

VicEmergency - Hume

29/11/2024

We are in for a stormy weekend. ⛈️ Preparing early is your best defence, and it's easy with the right advice.
Go to www.ses.vic.gov.au/be-storm-smart to find out how.

27/11/2024

⛈ BE STORM READY ⛈

Storms will continue across the Hume Region into the late evening, with possible flash flooding, damaging winds and large hail.

‼️ It is very difficult to forecast exactly where a storm will affect an area, and what sort of damage will be done. Early preparation is the best defence against storms. ✅

🪫 🔋Charge batteries and devices in case of power outages.
💨 Tie down trampolines and outdoor furniture
🚗 Avoid travel. Go slow and never drive through floodwater.
🌲 Stay away from trees, floodways and storm drains.

☎️Call 132 500 for emergency storm assistance from Victoria State Emergency Service, or Triple Zero 000 if life threatening.

📱 Stay Informed with the VicEmergency app at www.emergency.vic.gov.au

VicEmergency - Hume

26/11/2024

When a storm hits, our volunteers are here to help. Call 132 500 for emergency storm assistance, 24 hours a day.

- 132 500 Flood/Storm emergency assistance from VICSES volunteers
- 000 in a life-threatening
emergency

Plan ahead, monitor conditions and stay informed via the Bureau of Meteorology and VicEmergency
Use multiple sources of information – Do you know your local emergency broadcaster?