Police said at about 2pm a motorcycle collided with a truck travelling in the same direction.
Emergency crews including the RAC Rescue helicopter rushed to Corunna Road in the coastal town over a suspected water incident about 1.30pm.
A 2022 cyberattack that hobbled the fire service’s dispatch system delayed crews rushing to burning buildings and forced them to use a manual back-up scheme for eight months.
The narrator of the observational series Paramedics got a first-hand look at the work of medicos after he was hit by a car.
Updated guidelines for the treatment of PTSD aim to provide support tailored for emergency workers.
The failures of Victoria’s emergency call-taking service during the pandemic have been exposed as it emerged other states acted to prepare.
CEO Vicki Brady says basic errors were behind the outage that left more than 100 Australians unable to contact triple zero,including one man who passed away.
A coroner has been told that Victoria’s triple-zero service missed key opportunities to prepare for a pandemic demand surge,including rejecting an offer to borrow call-takers.
The inquest into the death of Nick Panagiotopoulos,47,who died after a long wait for an ambulance call-taker,is examining whether enough was done to act on warnings before the tragedy.
An watch and act has now replaced an emergency warning that saw residents evacuate their homes in the suburbs of Bedfordale and Ashendon near Armadale.
The government has written to the chief executives of Telstra,Optus and TPG amid fears nearly 1 million Australians may be left unable to contact triple zero.