Labor is delivering the biggest-ever Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program.  

More than $31 million will be shared across 350 projects for CFA, VICSES, Life Saving Victoria and Volunteer Marine Search and Rescue – including in northern Victoria.  

The record round delivers almost $20 million for vehicles, more than $5 million for facility upgrades and more than $1 million for other operational equipment. 

This will deliver new trucks, boats and facility upgrades for volunteers throughout all of northern Victoria.

• Barnawartha Brigade will receive $5,000 for a blitzfire ground monitor
• Beechworth Brigade will receive $150,000 for a big fill
• Belfast Group will receive $23,000 for a 30Kva generator
• District 24 Headquarters Brigade will receive $1,600 for remote area lighting
• Eldorado Brigade will receive $230,000 for the construction of a motor room
• Greta Brigade will receive $930 for a remote lighting set
• Indigo Valley Brigade will receive $33,000 for the construction of a small office
• Moyhu Brigade will receive $338,000 for a light tanker
• Rutherglen Brigade will receive $76,000 for a field command vehicle
• Stanley Brigade will receive $3,300 for a video conferencing system
• Tawonga Brigade will receive $150,000 for a big fill
• Tungamah Group will receive $19,000 for five thermal imaging cameras
• Wangaratta Group will receive $76,000 for a field command vehicle
• Wodonga West Brigade will receive $338,000 for a light tanker
• Yackandandah Brigade will receive $16,000 for turnout and change room facilities
• Wodonga City St John Ambulance will receive $32,000 for kitchen and bathroom upgrades
• Badger Creek Brigade will receive $66,000 for the construction of a new shed
• Dixons Creek Brigade will receive $43,000 for upgrades and cleaning
• Upper Yarra SES will receive $13,000 for the installation of perimeter fencing
• Baddaginnie Brigade will receive $2,500 for a thermal imaging camera
• Benalla Group will receive $5,000 for two thermal imaging cameras
• Shepparton Search & Rescue Squad Inc. will receive $84,000 for equipment upgrades
• Picola Brigade will receive $1,100 for outdoor amenities
• Kotupna Brigade will receive $1,500 for indoor upgrades
• Irymple Brigade will receive $338,000 for a light tanker
• Jeffcott Brigade will receive $1,400 for storage cabinets
• Litchfield Brigade will receive $730 for a Gasmate 6 burner BBQ
• Mittyack Brigade will receive $125,000 for station upgrades
• Natya Brigade will receive $1,100 for a Milwaukee light stand & batteries
• Sea Lake Brigade will receive $2,200 for a mobile data capability pack
• Watchem Brigade will receive $3,100 for a 10kva portable generator
• Birchip SES will receive $104,000 for a Ford Ranger
• Ouyen SES will receive $106,000 for a Ford Ranger
• Jarklin Brigade will receive $2,500 for a thermal imaging camera
• Koondrook Brigade will receive $76,000 for a field command vehicle
• Murrabit Brigade will receive $20,000 for standpipe installation
• Nyah Nyah West Brigade will receive $166,000 for a station extension
• Terrick Group will receive $170,000 for a big fill
• Kerang SES will receive $105,000 for a Ford Ranger, and $17,000 for a replacement car trailer
• Swan Hill SES will receive $104,000 for a Ford Ranger
• Kilmore Brigade will receive $543,000 for a medium tanker
• Kilmore SES will receive $8,000 for an all-purpose enclosed box trailer
• Seymour SES will receive $17,000 for an RCR Holmatro Pentheon Combination Tool, $13,000 for refurbishment of the Unit Communications Room, and $3,000 for new laptops
• Echuca Brigade will receive $543,000 for a medium tanker
• Timmering Brigade will receive $3,800 for a thermal imaging camera
• Wyuna Brigade will receive $3,800 for a thermal imaging camera
• Kyabram SES will receive $116,000 for a Ford Ranger, $29,000 for unit upgrades and $3,300 for equipment upgrades
• Echuca & Moama Search & Rescue Squad will receive $9,000 for change room upgrades
• Rushworth SES will receive $3,700 for the purchase of two marquees
• Branjee Brigade will receive $8,000 for internal upgrades
• Euroa Group will receive $76,400 for a field command vehicle
• Longwood Brigade will receive $543,000 for a medium tanker
• Marraweeny Brigade will receive $3,200 for a TV and trolley
• Miepoll Brigade will receive $2,500 for a thermal imaging camera
• Violet Town Group will receive $165,000 for a big fill
• Euroa SES will receive $120,000 for a truck bay extension, $9,900 for new gates and $3,100 for indoor upgrades
• Alexandra SES will receive $50,000 for building upgrades
• Flowerdale Brigade will receive $76,000 for a field command vehicle
• Highlands-Caveat Brigade will receive $240,000 for and extension and kitchen upgrade
• Hurstbridge Brigade will receive $150,000 for a big fill
• Mansfield Group will receive $150,000 for a big fill
• Yea Group will receive $90,000 for a field command vehicle
• Yea Brigade will receive $225,000 for an internal station restructure
• Marysville SES will receive $105,000 for a Ford Ranger replacement

It’s at risk under a Liberal-One Nation Coalition  

Labor has doubled investment in emergency services including $2.4 billion this year.  

That includes our biggest-ever Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program.  

Under Jess Wilson’s Liberal-One Nation Coalition, this is all at risk.  

They’ve promised to cut VESEP grant funding. 

You can’t cut $40 billion from the budget without cutting emergency services that keep Victorians safe.  

Quote attributable to Member for Northern Victoria Jaclyn Symes

“Our emergency volunteers are there for Victorians when it matters most, and Labor is giving them the equipment and facilities to get the job done.” 

Quotes attributable to Minister for Emergency Services Paul Edbrooke  

“The Liberal-One Nation Coalition will cut grants to CFA, SES, Lifesaving Victoria and other volunteers – you can’t cut $40 billion without cutting the emergency services Victorians rely on.”