VICTORIA’S State Emergency Service (SES) now has a new emergency number – 132 500.
The SES is a volunteer based emergency service and has a wide range of roles including planning for and responding to floods, severe storms, earthquakes, road accident rescue as well as search and rescue.
The SES also provides a support role to other emergency service agencies including Victoria Police.
More than 5,500 volunteers, supported by 72 staff, provide this response across the state.
The new number can be called from anywhere in Victoria for emergency SES assistance in a flood or storm.
It is the same cost as a local call in Victoria (mobiles may be higher).
SES volunteers are on call 24 hours a day to provide emergency assistance.
Callers to the new number will be connected to local SES units or an emergency communications centre where a trained call taker will note the details and dispatch the local SES Unit to the incident.
Phone triple zero (000) for police, fire or ambulance.
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