Resources for you
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Current Conditions
- Fire Warnings (Country Fire Authority)
- Current Fires (Department of Sustainability & Environment)
- Current Emergency Info (Victorian SES)
- Road Closures (Vic Roads)
Fire Recovery Unit
This is a key point of contact within the State Government for information and connection to services for bushfire-affected individuals and communities. For assistance:
Call: 1800 055 714 or Email or Visit the website
'Piece Together' website
Provides a way to reconnect with family and friends who you may have lost touch with as a result of the 2009 Victorian bushfires. If you're wondering what's been happening in your community since the fires or are searching for someone in particular, piece together offers you a number of ways to search for people, tell your own stories or celebrate a local event or hero.
Bushfire Support Resources
- Info Sheets on Supporting Children (Department of Education & Childhood Development)
- After the Emergency Downloads (Red Cross)
- 2009 Bushfires - info and support (Red Cross)
Grief and Bereavement
- Bushfire Support (Australian Centre for Grief & Bereavement)
Trauma and Children
- Trauma & Primary Aged Children (Better Health)
- Tips for Parents: Trauma & Children (Better Health)
- Helping Children & Young People Deal with Crisis (Red Cross)
Trauma
- About Trauma (Aust. Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health)
- Recovery from Traumatic Events (Aust. Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health)
- Helping People who Experience Trauma (Aust. Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health)
Bushfire Recovery Assistance
- Bushfire Recovery Assistance (Department of Human Services)
- Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund (Department of Human Services)
- Landholder Recovery Assistance (Department of Sustainability & Environment)
- Agriculture Recovery (Department of Primary Industries)
- Assistance in Emergencies (Centrelink)
- Bushfire Legal Help (Legal Aid Victoria)
- Berry Street
- CatholicCare
- Kildonan Uniting Care
- Anglicare
- Bushfire Contacts (Mitchell Community Health)
Funding
- Small Grants for Small Communities (Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal)
- VBAF medium to long term support (current initiatives)
Further Bushfire Information
- Emergency Management in Victoria (Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner)
- 2009 Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission
- Bushfire Planning and Building (Dept. of Planning & Community Development)
- Farming Bushfire Preparation & Plans (Dept. of Primary Industries)
- When Bushfire Strikes - Farming Tips (Dept. of Primary Industries)
- Fire Safety Brochures (CFA)
- Bushfire Information (Building Commission)
- Bushfire Preparation (Murrindindi Shire)
- Department of Sustainability and Environment
Community Groups
- Murrindindi and Mitchell Bushfire Tourism Recovery Group
- Kinglake Ranges, Flowerdale and Toolangi
- Marysville, Narbethong, Granton, Taggerty and Buxton
- Landcare
- Lions Club
Community Health Services
- Plenty Valley Community Health
- Nillumbik Community Health Service
- Mitchell Community Health Service
- Eastern Health
- EACH
- Latrobe Community Health Service
- Delatite Community Health Service
- Ovens and King Community Health Service