Victoria's response to the asthma thunderstorm that left nine dead and thousands in hospital will be watched closely as the world seeks to learn from the unpredictable catastrophe.
Experts described it as the world's worst recorded asthma thunderstorm, pushing the state's emergency services to breaking point on November 21 and 22 last year.
The state is getting a new system that will monitor hospital admissions and send out emergency warnings, as well as bolstering communications between hospitals to identify widespread health crises.
The government says it's developing a system to track emergency demand and it will be ready when the pollen season starts on October 1.
"Many health and emergency services internationally are very interested in the work that we are currently doing," Health Minister Jill Hennessy told reporters on Thursday as the final report into the event was handed down.
"This emergency was of a scale and severity of which has never been known and we are determined that Victorians are never caught by surprise by events like the thunderstorm asthma event again."
The storm kicked up dust and pollen, and the moisture in the air from the humid, hot day burst the pollen into hundreds of tiny allergenic fragments, penetrating deep into victims' airways.
During the peak, there was a call for an ambulance every 4.5 seconds and 10,000 people presented at emergency departments - putting a never before seen strain on the system.
Eight people had died within days of the storm, many lost their lives waiting for ambulances. The ninth died in hospital in January.
The Inspector-General for Emergency Management Tony Pearce said while the storm could not have been predicted both the emergency management and health sectors needed to better prepared.
"We've tried to make the recommendations in such a way that it enables the state to do everything it can the implement them," Mr Pearce told reporters.
Recommendations include a regular forum between hospitals and emergency services, a centralised online system linking all hospitals and a new rapid notification process.
The plan will be funded by $15.56 million in the Victorian budget next week and includes training, research, increased monitoring and interpretation of pollen data and a new emergency warning system.
