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Emergency Preparedness and Response

Emergency Preparedness and Response

Help for people from diverse cultural backgrounds to understand risks, prepare for emergencies, and access clear information.
Emergency services panel discussion in Australia.
000Life in danger. Police, Fire, Ambulance.
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Triple Zero VictoriaVictoria PoliceCFAAmbulance Victoria
Live incidents and warnings mapSee fires, floods, storms and other warnings near you on the VicEmergency map. It updates all the time.Open the map →Warnings on your phoneAusAlert sends emergency warnings straight to phones in the area. No sign-up needed. Some alerts make a loud siren sound, so always read and act on them. Get the free VicEmergency app for warnings near places you care about.About AusAlert →
Fire Danger Rating Finding your district…
Today Checking…
ModeratePlan and prepare
HighBe ready to act
ExtremeTake action now
CatastrophicFor your survival, leave bushfire risk areas
Total Fire Ban days No fires can be lit in the open on a Total Fire Ban day. This includes campfires and burn-offs.
Check on CFA →

Source: CFA and the Bureau of Meteorology. Not sure of your district?

Emergency radio

ABC Local Radio shares emergency updates. Tune in if the power or internet goes down. Keep a battery radio at home.

Ballarat107.9 FM
Ararat107.9 FM
Daylesford91.1 FM
Stawell91.1 FM
Horsham594 AM
Hamilton94.1 FM
Bacchus Marsh (ABC Melbourne)774 AM
Ambulance Victoria
Need an ambulance? Call 000Medicare does not pay for ambulances. Make sure you have ambulance cover.

BRMC supports people from diverse cultural backgrounds to understand risks, prepare for emergencies, and access clear, timely information during events such as bushfires, floods, and heatwaves.

This includes community education, multilingual resources, and ongoing engagement with emergency services.

Across the Grampians region, BRMC works closely with emergency management agencies and service providers to help ensure the needs of diverse communities are understood and considered in planning and response. When disasters impact families from multicultural backgrounds, BRMC supports response and early recovery efforts through communication, information-sharing, and liaison between services and community.

BRMC does not provide emergency or crisis response. Our role is to support preparedness, information, and coordination so communities and services are better connected before, during, and after emergency events.

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Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs
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Clear and accessible emergency information shared through trusted channels.
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Emergency Preparedness Community Education
Community education sessions that help people understand local risks and prepare for emergencies.
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Emergency Preparedness and Response
Help for people from diverse cultural backgrounds to understand risks, prepare for emergencies, and access clear information.