If you want to prepare for disasters, Red Cross has a host of useful emergency preparedness videos and information flyers in community languages, including: Arabic Chinese English Farsi Indonesian Spanish Swahili Tagalog Thai Tok Pisin Read more…
FORTIS House was developed in response to community requests for help to build better. Every year, the Bushfire Building Council of Australia (BBCA) is contacted by thousands of people asking for help to make their homes more resilient to bushfire Read more…
Neighbourhood Safer Places are a place of last resort during a bush fire emergency. They are to be used when all other options in your bush fire survival plan can’t be put into action safely. Read more…
Together the NSW SES and University of New England, AU launched the #3things project in May 2019. This series of short videos spark a conversation around the 3 things you would take with you in the event of an emergency Read more…
A Bush Fire Risk Management Plan is a strategic plan that identifies the risk to communities and the assets they value in the local area. The aim of the Bush Fire Risk Management Plan is to identify ways to reduce Read more…
Did you know? At present, the total economic costs of natural disasters in Australia are estimated to average around $6.3 billion per year (Source: Insurance Council of Australia, 2013) Read more…
Did you know? Households that plan for emergencies significantly reduce losses associated with disasters. Planning now so that you know your risks and what to do if there is a flood, storm or tsunami, can save your life, the life Read more…
