Lee Dalgleish

Background

About Lee Dalgleish

I have over 14 years of experience in emergency management and have been with Emergency Management Victoria since 2016, undertaking key roles within State Operations, Planning, and, for the last five years, Lessons and Improvement. Throughout my career, I have made numerous contributions to the emergency management sector, including developing the State Emergency Management Plan Roles and Responsibilities, identifying 93 multi-agency lessons in relation to the Victorian June 2021 Extreme Weather Event and October 2022 State-wide Flooding Event, and undertaking multiple operational roles within the Victorian State Control Centre - being formally recognised with two Emergency Services Medals for Tropical Cyclone Debbie (2017) and the Black Summer bushfires (2019–2020). Drawing on my extensive operational experience, I have found my professional passion and focus in Lessons Management - ensuring that learnings identified from emergencies are effectively integrated into how Victoria prepares for, responds to, and recovers from significant events. Advocating for a consistent, sector-wide approach to lessons management in Victoria, I work to continually enhance the implementation and transferability of learnings, to ultimately inform continuous improvement initiatives for the emergency management sector and broader Victorian community.