State guide

VIC emergency data: sources and coverage

Victoria has one of the most comprehensive emergency data ecosystems in the country. Emergency Management Victoria publishes every incident type through a single GeoJSON feed, and four more feeds carry the detail around it.

Overview

Emergency Management Victoria (EMV) publishes one GeoJSON feed covering all incident types. Additional feeds provide fire area boundaries, SES incidents, flood observations and CFA fire danger ratings.

Available feeds

Feed	Format	Update	Coverage
VIC EMV OSOM	GeoJSON	60 sec	All emergency types
VIC Fire Areas (EMSINA)	ArcGIS REST	5 min	Fire boundary polygons
VIC SES (EMSINA)	ArcGIS REST	2 min	Storms, floods, rescues
VIC Flood Observations	ArcGIS REST	5 min	Flood gauge data
CFA Fire Danger Ratings	RSS	5 min	Total fire ban forecasts

Integration notes

Agencies: EMV (all incidents), EMV-FIRE (fire areas), EMV-FLOOD (flood observations), SES (storms, floods), CFA-FDR (fire danger ratings).
Timestamps: DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM:SS in 24-hour local time, so it needs timezone-aware parsing across AEST and AEDT.
Geometry: The EMV OSOM feed includes both point and polygon geometries. Fire areas from EMSINA provide detailed boundary data.
Auth: All five feeds are public. No authentication required.
Strength: Victoria is the only state where a single feed, EMV OSOM, covers all incident types in one request.