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.

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 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.

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 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. Local government in Victoria comprises of 79 municipal districts. They are often referred to as local government areas (LGAs). The number of LGAs and their boundaries can change over time. LGAs are as defined by Local Government Victoria, which is part of the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure.

Response time measures the time from a triple zero (000) call being answered and registered by the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA), to the time the first AV resource arrives at the incident scene. %<=15minutes : This is the percentage of Code 1 first responses arriving in 15 minutes or less. This is calculated by dividing the number of Code 1 first responses arriving in 15 minutes or less by the total number of Code 1 first arrivals. When AV respond to an incident, we sometimes dispatch multiple AV resources to that incident. “First response” refers to the first AV resource to arrive at the incident scene. From 1 July 2013 all response times are based on data sourced from the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system.

Public posting of legislated response time reports for every upper-tier municipality (UTM) and land ambulance communication service, referred to as ambulance dispatch centres or Central Ambulance Communication Centres (CACCs), as an indicator of land ambulance performance measurement.

For definitions of and how each Performance Priority is calculated, please see: https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/Api/downloadmedia/%7B32C1027C-ED93-4BDD-8516-5349F1B324EF%7D

The Referral Service provides additional triaging of lower priority calls to 000 by a health professional; suitable calls are referred to other service providers as an alternative to an emergency ambulance dispatch. Referral options include locum general practitioners, nursing service, hospital response teams and non-emergency ambulance transport.

50th percentile response times for potentially life-threatening cases by ambulance station.