Fire Relief & Recovery Documents

 

This page contains links to agency documents and templates that can be used for communications in the relief and recovery phases from a fire.

This portal is intended to support existing processes only. Documents contained in this library contain generic high level messages and fact sheets. For incident specific information always ensure you contact the relevant agency communciations personnel, or check: emergency.vic.gov.au/relief.

 

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Table of Contents

Fire Recovery Documents. 1

Bushfire aftermath: safety tips  1

Bushfire health factsheets  1

Bushfire preparation advice  1

Bushfires and water tanks  1

Business recovery: Getting back to business as usual - Tourism Victoria  1

Business Services Recovery Guide  1

CPA Australia Disaster Recovery Toolkit targeting small business operators: 1

Disasters and succession planning/ prepare for fires  1

Energy safety  1

Emergencies: coping without gas or electricity  1

Emergencies and recovery by Agriculture Victoria  1

Farm and land recovery after fire - Agriculture Victoria  1

Food safety & storage  1

Livestock after an emergency - Agriculture Victoria  1

Personal Hardship Assistance Program- Emergency Relief Assistance  1

Personal Hardship Assistance Program- Emergency-Re-establishment Assistance  1

Rural issues: losing the farm   1

Rural issues: suggestions for families in crisis  1

Small business bushfire recovery  1

Trauma and children  1

Trauma and children: newborns to twoyears  1

Trauma and children: two to five years  1

Trauma and families  1

Trauma and teenagers: common reactions  1

Trauma and teenagers: tips for parents  1

Trauma- helping family or friends  1

Trauma- reaction and recovery; 1

Video- preparing your mind to survive disasters  1

Your health and safety: during and after an emergency  1

Weed Warning: Drought, Fire and Flood  1

 

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Bushfire aftermath: safety tips  

Better health channel tips after the fire

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Bushfire health factsheets

DHHS- community fact sheets relating to recovery after bushfire.

Includes below factsheets:

·         Smoke from fires: plan ahead and protect your health

·         Poster - Smoky outside? Protect your health

·         Poster - Smoky outside? Stay inside

·         After a fire: asbestos hazards

·         After a fire: Cleaning up a smoke affected home

·         After a fire: private drinking water and water tank safety

·         After a fire: returning home safely

·         After a fire: using your personal protective kit

·         Airborne dust and health effects

·         Ash from copper chrome arsenate (CCA) treated timber

·         Bushfire smoke and your health – English

·         Donating food to emergency services

·         Fire retardants and health

·         Power outages: food safety after a power failure

·         Power outages: using alternative fuel and electricity generation safely

Factsheets - trauma:

·         Trauma - helping family or friends

·         Trauma - reaction and recovery

·         Trauma and families

·         Trauma and children - newborns to two years

·         Trauma and children - two to five years old

·         Trauma and primary school age children

·         Trauma and children - tips for parents

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Bushfire preparation advice

Advice on how to prepare in the lead up to bushire season

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Bushfires and water tanks

Advice on how to prepare water tanks before bushfires to prevent water contamination

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Business recovery: Getting back to business as usual - Tourism Victoria

In this section you will find information and resources to assist you in moving through the recovery phase including developing a recovery plan, marketing advice and tips on where to find support from government bodies and industry.

How do I?

          Take stock and assess the impact of the crisis on my business

          Learn what’s involved in restoring my business operations

          Undertake recovery marketing after a crisis event

Also further links to:

         Recover checklist

         Taking stock

         Making tough decisions

         Restoring your operations

         Recovery plan

         Recovery marketing

         Managing stress

         Support and advice

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Business Services Recovery Guide

A guide for regions and councils on businesses and services that may be of assistance during the recovery from an incident

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CPA Australia Disaster Recovery Toolkit targeting small business operators:

This toolkit provides guidance to businesses impacted by a disaster – whether they have a continuity plan or not.

This guide has been prepared to assist people that are a business owner or manager, to take a considered approach to the many elements of recovery following a disaster.

 

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Disasters and succession planning/ prepare for fires

Small business owners and operators can access helpful information and referrals on the Business Victoria website, including:

 

·         How to develop a bushfire plan for your business.

·         How to access immediate assistance if you've been affected by a bushfire.

·         What steps to take in order to recover quickly from a bushfire.

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Energy safety

Links to further resources on how to safely deal with energy disruption after an emergency

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Emergencies: coping without gas or electricity

 Better health channel tips on how to cope without power

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Emergencies and recovery by Agriculture Victoria

 

Relief and Recovery services provided by Agriculture Victoria.

·         assessing losses of agricultural assets and livestock, and the needs of affected persons and communities

·         assessing injured stock and provide advice on options such as humane destruction, emergency slaughter or treatment

·         assisting with humane destruction of burnt livestock where feasible

·         advising individuals, communities and governments agencies on re-establishing rural enterprises or alternative strategies for economic recovery

·         advising local councils and shires on disposal of dead or injured stock

·         advising distribution bodies (such as the Victorian Farmers Federation) on needs for donated fodder

·         delivering recovery projects identified by government to support the short and medium term recovery of individuals, communities and industries.

Loss, agriculture, injuries, animals, livestock, stock, rural

Farm and land recovery after fire - Agriculture Victoria

Farm recovery after bushfire – includes links to specific information:

Fire affected crops

                  recovery from fire damage in blueberry orchards

                  recovery from fire damage in fruit orchards

                  recovery of olive groves after fire

                  recovery from fire damage in rubus crops

Farm water supplies

                  water quality for farm water supplies

                  water supply for stock containment areas

                  maintaining your farm dam

                  organic pollution in farm dams

                  measuring the salinity of water

Building sediment fences to protect water supplies after a fire (video)

Soils and pastures

                  paddock protection and livestock management during dry times

                  stock containment areas.

                  pasture recovery after a fire.

                  pasture recovery after a fire – quick reference guide

pasture recovery after a fire – quick reference guide (accessible)

 

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Food safety & storage

Better health channel tips on how to safely store food (e.g. not refreezing thawed food)

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Livestock after an emergency - Agriculture Victoria

 

Livestock after an emergency – includes links to further information:

Managing livestock and horses after an emergency can be challenging, particularly when large areas of the farm have been affected. It could take weeks before burnt fencing can be replaced and with pastures blackened, alternative stock feed will be needed.

                  assessing sheep after a bushfire

                  assessing cattle after a bushfire

                  Drought feeding and management of sheep

                  Drought feeding and management of cattle

                  Drought feeding and management of horses

                  agisting livestock affected by a bushfire

                  horses and livestock in emergencies

                  horses affected by bushfires

                  animal health after flood

                  disposal of carcases in response to bushfire, flood or drought stock containment areas

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Personal Hardship Assistance Program- Emergency Relief Assistance

Outlines the relief payment (PHAP) requirements and assessment conditions

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Personal Hardship Assistance Program- Emergency-Re-establishment Assistance

Outlines the relief payment (PHAP) re-establishment requirements and assessment conditions

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Pets in emergencies- Agriculture Victoria

Pets in emergencies – mainly focused on preparedness but includes following recovery advice:

·         If your pets are injured, seek veterinary treatment immediatiately

·          If your pets are lost, notify your local council, microchip registry, neighbours and nearby animal shelters. You can also check social media sources (often in emergencies a site is set up to list lost and found animals).

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Public land recovery

Public land recovery: an overview of the role DELWP (previously DEPI) plays in leading recovery of public land and the natural environment following an emergency.

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Power outages

Brochure detailing what to do when the power has failed during or after an emergency and information on why power outages occur.

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Rebuilding after a fire

Information about rebuilding a home after the fire.

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Rural issues: losing the farm

Specific tips on how to cope with grief and loss for farmers that have lost their farm in an emergency

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Rural issues: suggestions for families in crisis

Finacial and wellbeing tips for farmers or people that live in remote communities

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Small business bushfire recovery

Small business – recovering from a fire

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Trauma and children

Trauma fact sheets- useful to reference to for posts regarding trauma recovery for communities

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Trauma and children: newborns to twoyears

Trauma fact sheets- useful to reference to for posts regarding trauma recovery for communities

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Trauma and children: two to five years

Trauma fact sheets- useful to reference to for posts regarding trauma recovery for communities

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Trauma and families

Trauma fact sheets- useful to reference to for posts regarding trauma recovery for communities

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Trauma and teenagers: common reactions

Trauma fact sheets- useful to reference to for posts regarding trauma recovery for communities

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Trauma and teenagers: tips for parents

Trauma fact sheets- useful to reference to for posts regarding trauma recovery for communities

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Trauma- helping family or friends

Trauma fact sheets- useful to reference to for posts regarding trauma recovery for communities

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Trauma- reaction and recovery;

Trauma fact sheets- useful to reference to for posts regarding trauma recovery for communities

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Video- preparing your mind to survive disasters

Video of Dr. Rob Gordon explaining how to prepare your mind to survive disasters

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Your health and safety: during and after an emergency

Your health and safety- health and safety tips for the community after various emergencies

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Wildlife emergencies

Information about how to handle wildlife that may have been impacted by fire or other emergencies

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Wildlife rescue protocols

Protocols for wildlife rescue volunteers working with fire responder agencies at a fire incident

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Weed Warning: Drought, Fire and Flood

Weed Warning: Drought, Fire and Flood

The risk of weed invasion, and their impact on farms and the environment dramatically increases during and after an emergency such as drought, fire or flood.  Information on what to do.

weed, flood, fire, drought, emergency, advice