Strengthen our use of data, analytics and intelligence to improve decision making
1. Deliver enhanced information and warnings capability to the sector and community to improve emergency preparedness, response and recovery
This action will deliver enhancements to the State’s community warning capability through upgrades to the national Emergency Alert telephony platform to reach future 5G customers. It will also deliver upgrades to the VicEmergency App to better service Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities. This action will also see work progress on agreed sector-wide strategic Information Communications Technology (ICT) priorities, including designing the next generation of the Emergency Management Common Operating Picture (EM-COP).
Delivery date: June 2023
Lead agency: Emergency Management Victoria (EMV)
2. Make better use of public health data to generate intelligence and agile decision making and ensure that the investment delivers outcomes that matter to Victorians
This action will build on the Department of Health’s Syndromic Surveillance program which provides epidemiological community trends, observation data and other Emergency Management related data sources including state-based observation and reporting data, real time hospital admissions and ambulance data.
Delivery date: 2025
Lead agency: Department of Health (DH)
3. Ensure that the digital systems and technology are secure, fit-for-purpose and enable efficiency and effectiveness
This action will review best practice Information Technology requirements for the Department of Health to improve the interface with other departmental digital surveillance and reporting systems.
Delivery date: June 2023
Lead agency: Department of Health (DH)
4. Upgrade VicTraffic to support transport users and emergency response units to move around the road network safely and confidently during an emergency
This action will upgrade current systems and operational processes under the VicTraffic initiative to provide accurate information during disruptions and state-of-emergency situations and contribute to community resilience. It will address findings from the Inspector-General for Emergency Management’s Inquiry into the 2019-20 Victorian fire season – Phase 1 report, and the recommendations of the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements.
Delivery date: April 2024
Lead agency: Department of Transport and Planning (DTP)
5. Enhance our data and analytics capabilities to improve emergency management decision making through the release of an Emergency Management Data Strategy, in partnership with VCDI
This action will implement a partnership between Emergency Management Victoria and VCDI to improve emergency management sector analytics.
Delivery date: June 2023
Lead agency: Emergency Management Victoria (EMV)
6. Implement the sector’s Emergency Management Operational Communications Program, with the longer term aim of transitioning communications to a national Public Safety Mobile Broadband service to improve emergency response and sector interoperability
This action will see the continued delivery of the State’s Emergency Management Operational Communications Program which delivers communications (radio, paging, data) upgrades to first responder agencies that are contemporary, resilient, fit-for-purpose and affordable.
Delivery date: 2025
Lead agency: Emergency Management Victoria (EMV)
The department acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Custodians of the land and acknowledges and pays respect to their Elders, past and present.