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The following table lists response support agencies for key functional areas. Where there is a key functional area required to manage an emergency but is not listed or there is uncertainty as to which agency may potentially support this function, the EMC or relevant emergency response co-ordinator may request any agency to lead this function. The agency will generally be most closely aligned to the function, with other agencies also having the potential to be response support agencies, if they have the skills, expertise or resources to contribute to the response to an emergency.
Table 10: Response support agencies, by functional area
| Functional area | Lead response support agency (RSA) |
| Agriculture |
DJPR |
| Animal welfare (livestock and companion animals) |
DJPR |
| Ambulance services / first aid |
AV |
| Business and industry |
DJPR |
| Coronial services |
Coroners Court of Victoria |
| Courts, corrections and consumer affairs |
DJCS |
| Deceased person identification |
VicPol |
| Earth resources (mines) |
DJPR |
| Education |
DET |
| Emergency services telecommunications |
ESTA |
| Environmental impact (air, land and water quality) |
EPA |
| Fisheries (in Victorian waters) |
VFA |
| Health and human services |
DHHS |
| Health protection – public health |
DHHS |
| Health command |
AV |
| Insurance and risk advice |
VMIA |
| Local government |
DJPR |
| Media / communications |
EMV |
| Public land |
DELWP |
| Public telecommunications |
DJPR |
| Public transport |
DoT |
| Responder agencies |
CFA, FRV, DELWP, VICSES |
| Roads |
DoT |
| Spatial data |
DELWP |
| Specific facilities (including secure facilities) |
Owner or manager |
| Threatened ecosystems and species |
DELWP |
| Tourism |
DJPR |
| Transport (including airports and ports) |
DoT |
| Reticulated water and wastewater (sewerage) |
Water corporations |
| Weather |
BoM |
| WorkSafe |
Victorian WorkCover Authority |
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