Vicmap Admin: Emergency Management Regions for Victoria, Australia

Eight emergency management region boundaries for the state of Victoria, Australia, defined by Emergency Management Victoria. The dataset is based on government regions with specific modifications, including a three-nautical-mile offshore extension and special designations for Alpine Resort Management Boards. The boundaries were established under the Emergency Management Act 2013 and came into effect on 1 December 2020.

Use Cases

• Mapping emergency response jurisdictions based on the legislated regional boundaries.
• Planning resource allocation for disasters using the defined eight-region framework.
• Integrating with other Vicmap Admin datasets for comprehensive administrative analysis.
• Visualizing the three-nautical-mile offshore extension for coastal emergency planning.

Strengths

• Boundaries are defined by official legislation (Emergency Management Act 2013).
• Dataset specifies eight distinct regions with clear modification rules.
• Explicitly includes a three-nautical-mile offshore boundary for each region.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Emergency Management Victoria

Collection Method

Legislatively defined boundaries, part of the Vicmap Admin dataset series.

Time Range

Boundaries effective from 1 December 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 02:26:37.620039; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of Victoria, Australia, including a three-nautical-mile offshore extension.