Emergency Management Victoria

Emergency Management Victoria (EMV) is a state government statutory authority responsible for leading emergency management in Victoria, Australia by working with communities, government, agencies and business to strengthen their capacity to withstand, plan for, respond to and recover from emergencies.

Emergency Management Victoria

Agency overview
Formed	1 July 2014
Type	Statutory authority
Jurisdiction	Victoria, Australia
Headquarters	8 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne, Victoria
Minister responsible	James Merlino, Minister for Emergency Services.
Agency executives	Andrew Crisp, Emergency Management Commissioner Kate Fitzgerald, Chief Executive
Parent department	Department of Justice and Community Safety
Website	www.emv.vic.gov.au

Established in July 2014, Emergency Management Victoria plays a key role in implementing the Victorian Government’s emergency management agenda.

Role and responsibilities

Emergency Management Victoria's role and responsibilities include:[1]

• maximising the ability of the emergency management sector to work together and achieve joined up outcomes that are community focused
• facilitating key initiatives focused on system-wide reform with integrated policy, strategy, planning, investment and procurement
• ensuring a stronger emphasis on shared responsibility, community resilience, consequence management and post emergency recovery activities
• embedding emergency management across government, agencies and business
• leading and coordinating emergency preparedness, response and recovery with the emergency management sector and community

EMV supports the Emergency Management Commissioner, who has overall responsibility for coordination before, during and after major emergencies including management of consequences of an emergency.

EMV is an integral part of the emergency management sector and shares responsibility with a range of agencies, organisations and departments for ensuring the system of emergency management in Victoria is sustainable, effective and community focussed. Other government departments and agencies involved with emergency management include the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Health and Human Services, Ambulance Victoria and Victoria Police.

Management and reporting

The Emergency Management Commissioner is Andrew Crisp.

The Chief Executive responsible for the day-to-day management of Emergency Management Victoria is Kate Fitzgerald, who also holds the position Deputy Secretary, Emergency Management in the Department of Justice.

The Minister responsible is the Hon Lisa Neville, Minister for Police and Emergency Services.

Commissioners

The following individuals have served as Emergency Management Commissioners:

Ordinal	Name	Title	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
1	Craig Lapsley	Commissioner	1 July 2014	7 August 2018	4 years, 37 days	[2]
2	Andrew Crisp		13 August 2018	incumbent	2 years, 150 days	[3]

References

1. "Emergency Management Victoria, Our role". Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
2. Merlino, James (Deputy Premier of Victoria); Lapsley, Craig (7 August 2018). "Statements from the Deputy Premier and Craig Lapsley". Emergency Management Victoria (Press release). Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
3. "New Vic emergency commissioner starts work". SBS News. Australian Associated Press. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

External links

• Emergency Management Victoria