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.
Huia as "tapu" (sacred), and the wearing of its skin or feathers was reserved for people of high status. The genus name, "Heteralocha", derives from Ancient Greek "ἕτερος" "different" and "ἄλοχος" "wife". It refers to the striking difference in bill shape between male and female. The specific name, "acutirostris", derives from Latin "acutus", meaning "sharp pointed", and "rostrum", meaning "beak", and refers to the beak of the female. John Gould described the huia in 1836 as two species: "Neomorpha acutirostris" based on a female specimen, and "N. crassirostris" based on a male specimen—the epithet "crassirostris" derives from the Latin "crassus", meaning