VICSES Ararat Unit 2016-17 Highlights

Where we work Who we are

Total Membership 25
New Members 4
Increase/(decrease) on last year -5
Male 16
Female 9

Age range (years) 16-77

Our training and competency

No. of Members
Skill with Competency
General Rescue
- including basic first aid 14
Land rescue 3

183
This year we responded to Road Rescue 7
Boat Rescue 5
Technical Rescue
(Rope, High Angle Alpine and
Sub-alpine, cave, USAR, swift water) 3
Flood planning, preparedness
REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE
and response 13

3
and attended Community Education Facilitators -
Incident Management Control
(eg AIIMS Crew Leader, Sector
Commander, Divisional Commander etc) 6

COMMUNITY EVENTS

9 12 16 119 20
FLOOD STORM ROAD TREES ASSIST
INCIDENTS INCIDENTS RESCUES DOWN OTHER AGENCIES
 We are Our goals for the coming year
fundraising for
 Increase community engagement activities
Vehicle upgrade  Recruitment of new members for both operational and administrative roles
Building upgrades
 Consolidation of current response capabilities
15%

Contributing to our community

100% No. Ave. Rate
Type of Activity Incidents Hours Per Hour# Total Value*
Building damage 12 45 $129.42 $5,816.05
Flooding 9 59 $148.18 $8,681.82
75% Tree-down (including tree down and traffic hazard) 119 554 $126.70 $73,131.36
RAIR (road, air, industrial, rail) 16 274 $113.89 $31,189.18
Assist Other Agency
(VicPol, Fire Services, Ambo, other including animal rescue) 20 188 $92.73 $17,391.29
50% Rescue Persons 6 68 $66.07 $4,482.41
Incident Management 1 6 $47.59 $288.87
Sub Total of Response Operations 183 1,193 - $140,980.97
Community engagement and public relations - 70 $47.59 $3,334.63
25% Training - accredited qualifications - 301 $47.59 $14,324.59
Training - skills maintenance - 4,680 $47.59 $222,721.20
Emergency management planning
- 20 $47.59 $951.80
(committees & meetings)
Sub Total of Readiness Operations - 5,071 - 240,380.42
TOTAL 183 6,264 - 381,361.39
#
Average Rate per hour includes a labour cost and asset (vehicle and equipment) component. Please note that not all activity is defined as an “incident” in our systems.
*Total value is the sum of the average rate per hour by the number of hours. A 25% loading has been added to the labour cost for complex rescue including road rescue, to reflect the additional
qualifications and skills required of our volunteers for these activities.

VICSES Ararat Unit would like to thank the following organisations

Ambulance Victoria
Ararat Rural City Council
Ararat Brigade - CFA
The Lions Club
For their ongoing support in multi-agency operations across the Ararat and neighboring area.

For more information please contact ararat@ses.vic.gov.au