Emergency Management

The Department of Human Services is responsible for the following key area in Victoria’s emergency management arrangements:

  • community support and recovery.

The Department of Human Services works with the Department of Health in delivering its responsibilities for the following key areas in Victoria's emergency management operations:

  • pre-hospital mass casualty management at incident sites by medical and ambulance services including the deployment of hospital teams
  • hospital emergency response to a surge in demand for services
  • public health emergency response, including incident control functions for biological and radiological incidents, and food and water contamination.

Contact Information

Email: emb@dhs.vic.gov.au

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