The Fire Services Outcomes Framework Progress Report is prepared and published in accordance with the Fire Services Implementation Monitor’s (FSIM) functions under section 141 of the Fire Rescue Victoria Act 1958 (Vic). It includes results and commentary from the FSIM on select results from the Country Fire Authority’s (CFA) and Fire Rescue Victoria’s (FRV) respective outcomes frameworks for the fourth quarter of the 2024–25 financial year.
The FSIM publishes these quarterly reports on its website at Fire Services Implementation Monitor publications.
In this quarter:
- CFA’s Outcomes Framework included 47 indicators (quarterly and annual) of which 44 were reported on (see Appendix A).
- FRV’s Outcomes Framework included 51 measures (quarterly and annual) of which 50 were reported on (see Appendix B).
CFA indicators and FRV measures short-listed for reporting
The FSIM has reported on select results based on the following criteria:
Demonstrates a notable achievement:
- CFA: Decrease in median time spent suppressing structure fires (time spent on scene of incident) (indicator 2.2.3).
- CFA: Increase in homes with operational smoke alarms (indicator 2.3.6).
- CFA: Increase in participation on CFA run inclusion and diversity networks and groups (indicator 3.2.5).
- FRV: Number of Fire Education (FireEd) and risk reduction programs delivered to the community (measure 1.1.2a).
- FRV: Percentage of response times to Emergency Medical Response (EMR) within 9.2 minutes (90%) (measure 2.1.3a).
Continuing off-track trend over repeated quarters:
- FRV: Percentage of response to structure fire incidents within 7.7 minutes (target 90%) (measure 2.1.3a).
Significant change from the previous quarter (positive or negative outcome):
- CFA: Decrease in workplace injuries (volunteer operational activity) (indicator 3.1.2) – the quarter 4 (Q4) result demonstrated a significant decrease against the quarter 3 (Q3) result for this indicator, which reflects a positive outcome. Note that for this indicator, CFA deems a lower result as desirable.
- CFA: Increase delivery of operational training to CFA volunteers (indicator 3.4.7) – the Q4 result demonstrated a significant increase against the Q3 result for this indicator, which reflects a positive outcome. Note that for this indicator, CFA deems a higher result as desirable.
- FRV: Lost time injury severity rate per 1,000 Full-Time-Equivalent (FTE) (measure 3.1.1a) – the Q4 result demonstrated a decrease against the Q3 result for this measure, which reflects a positive outcome.
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