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Supporting our emergency services volunteers
The Volunteer Workforce and Culture Steering Committee was established to bring together three of Victoria’s emergency services organisations with a strong volunteer workforce - Country Fire Authority, Life Saving Victoria and the Victoria State Emergency Service.
Ash Wednesday memorial garden in the Bushfire Education Centre, Cockatoo
Ash Wednesday 40th Anniversary
Today marks 40 years since the Ash Wednesday bushfires. We reflect and remember those lost, and others who continue to be affected.
A sandbag levee on the banks of a river.
New Disaster Ready Fund open for applications
Up to $200 million per year is available nationally for projects that improve Australia’s resilience to natural hazards.
EMV Emergency Management Victoria (logo). Lessons Management Update
Lessons Management Update February edition
‘Lessons Management Update’ provides an overview of the implementation of lessons management in the Victorian emergency management sector.
Emergency Management Victoria staff standing next to a firebombing helicopter.
Night fire aviation recommences for fire season
Now in its seventh year of operations, Victoria’s Night Fire Aviation Program (NFAP) today recommenced for the 2022–23 fire season.
An Australian flag held by a person who is a silhouette against an orange sky and calm ocean.
Australia Day Honours for Victorian emergency services
The outstanding contribution of the state’s emergency services personnel has been recognised in this year’s Australia Day Honours List.
Four people wearing vests labelled 'REAL TIME MONITORING & EVALUATION' standing outdoors in front of a sign that says 'Bendigo office and depot'
Learning from the Victorian floods in real time
Real Time Monitoring and Evaluation (RTM&E) teams recently travelled to the state’s flood zones – the Loddon Mallee Region during October and the Hume Region in November, as well as completing virtual deployments in November and December.
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Risk and Resilience Grants Program to boost Victoria’s natural disaster response
Emergency management and community organisations have received $3.2 million in funding to strengthen their response to natural disasters.
AFAC map of fire potential for Summer 2021, showing below normal fire potential in eastern Victoria.
Victorians urged to prepare for risk of grassfires this summer
Fast-running grassfires will be a risk across Victoria this summer, according to the Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook released yesterday.
Victoria well prepared this summer season
The latest Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for December 2020 to February 2021 indicates an ‘average’ fire season for the state, which is in line with earlier predictions from the September-November 2020 outlook.