Emergency Services Authority

OUTPUT CLASS 1:  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PRINCIPAL MEASURES	
OUTPUT 1.1:  PREVENTION/MITIGATION	
Description:		Legislative and community compliance, provision to the public of information, education awareness and assistance to the community with legislation, standards, codes application and guidelines relating to hazard management, public safety and prevention of emergencies.	

Measures	2004‑05
Targets1	2004-05 Estimated Outcome	
Quantity			
Number of:			
Community awareness and education activities conducted	1  500	1  500	
Emergency Management activities	280	280	
Activities conducted to reduce hazards	6  800	6  800	
Quality/Effectiveness			
Percentage of clients satisfied with specified community education and awareness activities conducted 	95%	95%	
Timeliness			
The program of targeted community awareness and education programs conducted to meet annual requirements	100%	100%	
Cost			
Cost per head of population for Prevention/ Mitigation2	$35.77	$40.36	
			
TOTAL COST ($'000)3	$11  759.0	$13  142.0	
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR OUTPUT ($’000)4	$9  357.0	$10  447.0	
Notes
1.	The 2004‑05 targets have been revised to reflect the impact of the Appropriation Act 2004‑2005 (No. 2) where applicable.
2.	Cost per head of population has increased due an increase in total cost, as well as a change in the population number used in calculating the per head cost (328,700 for target, and 325,641 for estimated outcome).
3.	Additional establishment and other unforeseen expenditure have resulted in an increase in total cost.
4.	An increase in the Government Payment for Outputs (GPO) of $5.449m is to meet additional establishment and other unforeseen expenditure.  The quantum of the increase between the revised 2004-05 target and the estimated outcome represents the quantum of the GPO spent in this output.

OUTPUT CLASS 1:  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PRINCIPAL MEASURES	
OUTPUT 1.2:  RESPONSE	
Description:		Provision of:
•	Trained and appropriate, strategically located and maintained resources, which are prepared for and ready to respond to emergencies.
•	Services to the prepared community.
•	Testing of procedures.	

Measures	2004‑05
Targets1	2004‑05
Estimated Outcome	
Quantity			
Estimated number of incidents attended by:			
	Ambulance Service  	26  500 	26  500	
	Bushfire Service  	130	130	
	Territory Emergency Service	260	260	
	Fire Brigade  	10  000	10  000	
Quality/Effectiveness			
Survival rate from out of Hospital cardiac arrest VF/VT (six year average)  	18%	18%	
Percentage of emergencies that receive a paramedic response	100%	100%	
Percentage of structural fires containment to room of origin	90%	90%	
Timeliness			
50 and 90 percentile of first responding service to emergency calls:			
Ambulance Emergencies:			
	50 percentile (minutes)  	8	8	
	90 percentile (minutes)  	12.5	12.5	
Fire Service:			
	50 percentile (minutes)	8	8	
	90 percentile (minutes)	10	10	
Other:			
	50 percentile (minutes)	8	8	
	90 percentile (minutes)	10	10	
50 and 90 percentile of bushfires contained within area size:			
	50 percentile (hectares)	1	1	
	90 percentile (hectares)	5	5	
Cost			
Cost per head of population for response activities2	$143.10	$161.43	
			
TOTAL COST ($’000)3	$47  037.0	$52  569.0	
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR OUTPUT ($’000)4	$37  430.0	$41  789.0	
Notes
1.	The 2004‑05 targets have been revised to reflect the impact of the Appropriation Act 2004‑2005 (No. 2) where applicable.
2.	Cost per head of population has increased due an increase in total cost, as well as a change in the population number used in calculating the per head cost (328,700 for target, and 325,641 for estimated outcome).
3.	Additional establishment and other unforeseen expenditure have resulted in an increase in total cost.
4.	An increase in the Government Payment for Outputs (GPO) of $5.449m is to meet additional establishment and other unforeseen expenditure.  The quantum of the increase between the revised 2004-05 target and the estimated outcome represents the quantum of the GPO spent in this output.