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objectives of the emergency management sector (and related data) are included in<br />

the Emergency management sector overview (sector overview D).<br />

Major improvements in reporting on fire and ambulance <strong>services</strong> in this edition<br />

include:<br />

• ten year time series are presented for 14 fire event measures and 11 ambulance<br />

service measures (previously five years were reported)<br />

• a 30 year time series is presented for ‘fire event deaths’ to place the impact of<br />

emergency events in historical context<br />

• data quality information (DQI) are available for the first time for the fire events<br />

indicators confinement to room/object of origin and residential structures with<br />

smoke alarms<br />

• DQI are available for the first time for the ambulance events indicators<br />

ambulance response locations, satisfaction with ambulance service<br />

organisations, and workforce by age group.<br />

For this Report, performance reporting on road crash rescue has been discontinued.<br />

An overview of the involvement of emergency <strong>services</strong> at road crash rescue events<br />

and the impact of road traffic deaths is provided in the Emergency management<br />

sector overview. Data on the number of road crash rescue incidents attended to by<br />

emergency service organisations is provided as context to the fire incidents<br />

indicator reported in this chapter.<br />

9.1 Profile of emergency <strong>services</strong> for fire events<br />

Fire events overview<br />

A fire event is an incident that is reported to a fire service organisation and requires<br />

a response. Fire events include (but are not limited to):<br />

• structure fires (that is, fires inside a building or structure), regardless of whether<br />

there is damage to the structure<br />

• landscape fires, including bushfires and grass fires, regardless of the size of the<br />

area burnt<br />

• other fires, including vehicle and other mobile property fires, and outside<br />

rubbish fires.<br />

9.2 REPORT ON<br />

GOVERNMENT<br />

SERVICES 20<strong>13</strong>

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