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Information on road safety, traffic management, road statistics and Community Road Safety Councils.

Community support and public safety programs include: Police schools involvement program, confident living for older Victorians, crime reduction strategies and community policy strategies.

Site includes safety information and a kid’s corner with safety related activities. Safety information topics include: how to stay safe during a flood, how to stay safe during a storm, how to stay safe while bush walking, how to stay safe on the roads, how to stay safe in the snow fields, Bushfire Action Guide, Cyclone Action Guide, Earthquake Action Guide, Flood Action Guide, Heatwave Action Guide, Lightening Protection Action Guide, Severe Storm Action Guide, earthquake awareness for Australians, flood warning, living with landslides, protecting caravans from high winds, severe storms – facts, warnings and protection, surviving cyclones, landslide survival and property protection.

The Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit (VISU) has been analysing, interpreting and disseminating Victorian data on injury deaths, hospital admissions and emergency department presentations across the state, nationally and internationally for more than 20 years.

Includes information on suicide and vehicle accidents, publications and hazard investigations.

Web based version of videoconference “Getting Started in Injury Control and Violence Prevention. Site includes: free distance learning course, course workbook, links to other injury control references and questions and answers.

The VPC approaches firearms violence from a public health perspective and explores policy alternatives to commonly accepted views on gun violence. Resources include: on-line resource centre, fact sheets, publications and links.

An interactive crime prevention and safety program focusing on bicycle safety and security.Includes sections on purchasing, maintaining and storage of bicycles.