Crisis Communications Handbook for Regional ... - Tourism Victoria

Parks Victoria
www.parkweb.vic.gov.au
Parks Victoria manages the national, wilderness, State and regional parks, Melbourne’s metropolitan parks
and open space network, and also has responsibilities for the recreational management of the Lower Yarra,
Maribyrnong and Patterson Rivers and Port Phillip and Western Port Bays.
This site includes up-to-date bushfire information & road/track closures as well as comprehensive information
on the State’s national and state parks and reserves.
The Victorian Ambulance Service
www.ambulance.vic.gov.au
This site includeS information on the activities of the Metropolitan Ambulance Service and Rural Ambulance
Victoria, including emergency medical planning.
Department of Human Services
www.health.vic.gov.au
Health.vic.gov.au is a gateway to information relating to the provision of health services in Victoria.
The sites in health.vic.gov.au are developed and managed by the Department of Human Services and includes
information on current health alerts.
Environment Protection Authority
www.epa.vic.gov.au
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is a statutory body established under an Act of the Victorian
Parliament in response to community concern about pollution. At present EPA maintains standards of
environmental quality through works approvals, licences, inspections, pollution abatement notices and land
use planning referrals.
Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology
www.bom.gov.au/weather/vic/forecasts.shtml
This site includes weather and warnings information for Victoria.
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