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Ambulance Victoria UCL Response Time Performance 2017-18

Created 26/06/2025

Updated 26/06/2025

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Ambulance Victoria has two official response time targets: Respond to Code 1 incidents within 15 minutes for 85% of incidents state-wide, and Respond to Code 1 incidents within 15 minutes for 90% of incidents in urban centres with populations greater than 7,500. Response times are an important measure of the service we provide, but are only one of a number of measures used to gauge the effective delivery of an ambulance service. Our response times are measured from the receipt of the triple zero (000) call until paramedics arrive on scene. Response times are influenced by many factors including traffic, distance required to travel, availability of ambulances and demand for our services. We designate those patients that require urgent paramedic and hospital care as "Code 1", and these patients receive a "lights and sirens" response. The tables provide information about our Code 1 response time performance by both Local Government Area (LGA) and Urban Centres and Localities (UCL). Code 2 incidents are acute, but not time critical and do not require a lights and sirens response. AV's average Code 2 response time performance has also been provided. As part of our process of continual improvement, the response time performance shown below has been calculated using data sourced from the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system used across Victoria. UCLs : These are geographical areas based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Urban Centres and Localities (UCLs) boundaries and residential population. Ambulance Victoria reports performance for larger UCLs where population exceeds 7,500 persons.

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Title Ambulance Victoria UCL Response Time Performance 2017-18
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/41678ea1-f144-4e94-ac74-52fd9e89eaa4
Remote Last Updated 04/06/2025
Contact Point
Ambulance Victoria
contact@dpc.vic.gov.au
Reference Period 30/06/2018
Geospatial Coverage Victoria
Data Portal Victoria Government

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This dataset was originally found on Victoria Government "Ambulance Victoria UCL Response Time Performance 2017-18". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/ambulance-victoria-ucl-response-time-performance