Narre Warren North MP Luke Donnellan inspects the safety markers recently installed at various locations around Lysterfield Park.SCENIC Lysterfield Park has become one of the safest in Victoria following the installation of a new set of emergency markers.
The park – which covers more than 1390 hectares – is regularly used for activities such as hiking, mountain biking and horse riding.
Park users who find themselves in difficulty can now give emergency services a more accurate indication of where they are located.
The emergency markers, which look like a car number plate, display a series of white letters and numbers on a green background and can be used by people involved in an emergency.
Officials said the alpha-numeric identifier on the marker was linked to an Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA) computer-aided dispatch system and specified the relevant location, GPS coordinates, road access route or navigational data for emergency services.
The State Government has installed the markers and hopes to introduce them to other parks in Victoria.
Narre Warren North MP Luke Donnellan inspected the markers and said they vastly improved the safety of the park.
“The vast amount of open space in areas such as Lysterfield Park can make it difficult to locate a person in an emergency, so the installation of emergency markers is important in getting services to them as quickly as possible,” Mr Donnellan said.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings also visited the area.
“Sites where markers have been installed, including Lysterfield Park, have already proven successful with a number of 000 calls using details from them,” Mr Jennings said.
“Recent analysis and mapping of emergency incidents in sites managed by Parks Victoria has highlighted areas with the greatest number of emergency incidents requiring 000 response.”
