Victoria State Emergency Service of the largest in the world. VICSES also provides assistance to other emergency services such as Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria, The Country Fire Authority (CFA) and to municipal councils in planning and auditing their emergency management plans. There are more than 5600 (43,000 nationwide) committed and dedicated volunteers around the state who provide these services 24 hours a day, seven days a week and every day of the year in Victoria. Victoria State Emergency Service Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES) is a volunteer based organisation responding to natural disasters and working to ensure the safety of communities around Victoria, Australia.
Archibald (name) Archibald (name) Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements "erchan" (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and "bald" "bold". Medieval forms include Old High German "Erchambald, Erkanbold, Erkanbald" and Anglo-Saxon "Eorcenbald". Erkanbald, bishop of Strasbourg (d. 991) was also rendered "Archaunbault" in Old French. The Anglo-Saxon name did not survive, and the modern given name in English derives from the introduction of the Old French name, with a secondary association of its first element with the Greek prefix "archi-" meaning "chief, master", to Norman England in the high medieval period. The form "Archibald" became