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Policy and Standards

The Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner (OESC) has a leadership role in enhancing the state’s emergency management arrangements and Victoria’s capacity to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies.

The Office oversees Victoria’s emergency management arrangements, and contributes to the development of whole-of-government emergency management policy. The Office also develops emergency management standards that set best practice within Victoria and monitors and evaluates emergency services performance against those standards.

OESC is responsible for administering the Emergency Management Manual Victoria, which describes and directs the emergency management arrangements.