The Resilient Australia Award winners were announced this week, celebrating the best initiatives in building the whole of community resilience to disasters and emergencies around Victoria.
East and West Gippsland will be a focus for emergency services this coming summer, as very dry conditions over consecutive years results in an above-normal bushfire conditions.
Marine Search and Rescue in Victoria has received a total of $1.9 million of funding of Parliamentary Accounts and Estimates Committee for the 2019-20 financial year.
Last night the Firefighters’ Presumptive Rights Compensation and Fire Services Legislation Amendment (Reform) Bill 2019 passed through the Upper House and will become legislation in Victoria.
There were around 50 volunteers attend two Marine Search and Rescue (MSAR) scenarios at Lake Nagambie on the weekend, co-ordinated by VICSES, Victoria Water Police and EMV’s Marine Search and Rescue Office.
Victoria’s emergency management sector is always looking at new ways to protect local communities, such as the trial of night firebombing during the 2018/19 fire season.
