Information for agencies & health professionals

Human health action 3.4 of the whole-of-Victorian Government policy Our Environment, Our Future - Sustainability Action Statement 2006 identifies the development and implementation of heatwave plans and emergency responses at a community and local government level as a priority.

This section of the site provides information about:

• Evaluation of heatwave framework
  Provides information on the evaluation of the department’s heatwave framework.

• Community resources
  Provides a suite of communication resources in a range of formats with a number translated into community languages.

• Heat Health Alert System
  Includes information about the Department of Health Heat Health Alert System and the current heat health alert.

• Heatwave Plan for Victoria
  The department has prepared a state heatwave plan which sets out the roles and responsibilities of the Victorian Government, local government, emergency management and the health and community service sector.

• Heatwave planning
  Includes information regarding local government heatwave planning and the Heatwave Planning Guide.

• Forums & workshops
  Includes presentations from the Heatwave Planning Guide Forum and the National Workshop on Heatwave Planning.

• Research & publications
  Includes the Chief Health Officer’s report on the January 2009 heatwave in Victoria, the heatwave newsletters and an overview of recent research the department has conducted.

• Information for health professionals
  Includes the Heatwave fact sheet for clinicians, which provides clinical information relating to heatwaves.
  

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