Constituency Question: Emergency Medical Response

Ms SPENCE (Yuroke) (11:47:08) — (13 717) My constituency question is for the Minister for Emergency Services. What information can the minister provide as to the rollout of emergency medical response (EMR) to Country Fire Authority (CFA) brigades in the Yuroke electorate, including any information the minister is aware of where EMR has made a substantial difference in saving the lives of local Yuroke residents? On 20 September this year integrated Country Fire Authority brigades across district 14 commenced supporting Ambulance Victoria at priority zero EMR calls. This includes two brigades from the Yuroke community, the Craigieburn CFA and the Greenvale CFA. The EMR program has been extremely successful across metropolitan Melbourne for many years, saving countless lives. As such, I look forward to hearing from the minister about the positive impact this program is having in the Yuroke community.