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Emergency Services and Public Safety

Victoria State Emergency Service

Portfolio: Justice

https://www.ses.vic.gov.au/

Annual Budget

$120M

VIC Budget 2025-26
Flat vs prior year
Total Revenue

$120M

2024-25 Total Revenue
Staff

350

Headcount (2024-25)
Ideas relevant to this department

10 tagged

Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.

STRATEGY SUMMARY

To provide a coordinated, professional and effective emergency response to all emergencies in Victoria.

PURPOSE

To provide a coordinated, professional and effective emergency response to all emergencies in Victoria.

Source · p.4

Strategic priorities

· 3

1

Responding to emergencies

Source · p.5
2

Preventing emergencies

Source · p.5
3

Reducing the impact of emergencies

Source · p.5

Outcomes

· 1

Outcome 1: Emergency response

To provide a coordinated, professional and effective emergency response to all emergencies in Victoria.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Responding to emergencies
  • Preventing emergencies
  • Reducing the impact of emergencies

Values

· 4

Integrity

Respect

Excellence

Collaboration

Performance measures

· 3

CodeMeasureTarget 2025-26Latest resultStatus

SES01

Number of emergency incidents responded to

10,000

Source · p.10

9,800

Annual Report 2022 · p.14
Achieved

SES02

Percentage of emergency incidents responded to within 30 minutes

90%

Source · p.10

89%

Annual Report 2022 · p.14
Partially achieved

SES03

Number of community education and awareness programs conducted

500

Source · p.10

480

Annual Report 2022 · p.14
Partially achieved

Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence

· 10

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

what-to-do-in-an-emergency)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

what-to-do-in-an-emergency)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

publications)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

publications)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

publications)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

publications)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

what-to-do-in-an-emergency)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

what-to-do-in-an-emergency)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

publications)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

publications)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

publications)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

publications)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

)

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