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VicEmergency
(Warnings, incidents and planned burns)
www.emergency.vic.gov.au
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Warnings, incidents and planned burns are all displayed on the VicEmergency website - the single location for all emergency information in Victoria. |
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VicTraffic
(Road closures)
traffic.transport.vic.gov.au
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On this website you will find information about unplanned (emergency) road closures and traffic alerts. It is Victoria's official source of information about roads and traffic during incidents and emergencies that may impact road users. |
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Emergency Alert
(Telephone warnings)
www.emergencyalert.gov.au
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Emergency Alert is the national telephone warning system used by emergency services to send voice messages to landlines and text messages to mobile phones within a defined area about potential emergencies. |
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Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
(DEECA)
www.deeca.vic.gov.au
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DEECA brings together Victoria’s energy, environment, water, agriculture, forestry, resources, climate action, and emergency management functions into a single department to maximise connections between the environment, community, industry and economy. |
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Parks Victoria
www.parks.vic.gov.au
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This site includes information about closures to roads, tracks, visitor sites and picnic areas. |
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Victoria Police
www.police.vic.gov.au
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Access during road closures for motorists travelling in a bush fire environment.
Note: The term 'roadblock' or 'road block' is no longer in use. Instead the correct term is 'road closure'.
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Know your council
www.vic.gov.au/know-your-council
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Find your local council or information about Victoria's 79 councils. |
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Bureau of Meteorology
www.bom.gov.au/vic/forecasts/melbourne.shtml
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Victorian weather and warnings. |
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Wildlife Victoria / Help for Wildlife
www.wildlifevictoria.org.au
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Wildlife rescue teams are on stand-by to assist in fire-affected areas to treat wildlife in need of help. For those close to fire affected areas, surviving wildlife will be disorientated, smoke affected, very likely suffering burns to some degree, hungry and severely dehydrated. |
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Department of Health
www.health.vic.gov.au/environmental-health/bushfires-and-public-health
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Information on bushfires and public health. |
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Bushfire At-Risk Register
(BARR)
www.vic.gov.au/bushfire-risk-register-barr
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Information on the BARR, including a list of the schools, kindergartens and child care facilities assessed to be most at risk of bushfire. |
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State Emergency Service
(SES)
www.ses.vic.gov.au
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Floods, severe storms, earthquakes, road accident rescue, search and rescue and other emergency support. |
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Ambulance Victoria
www.ambulance.vic.gov.au
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Official portal for emergency and non-emergency ambulance services in Victoria, Australia. It also provides key information on health and safety, community programs, and career opportunities. |
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Australian Red Cross
www.redcross.org.au
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Includes information about relief centres, registering and comforting evacuees and first aid care. |
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Energy Safe Victoria
www.esv.vic.gov.au
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Includes information on electricity and gas safety advice during fires and incidents. |
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Emergency Management Victoria
www.emv.vic.gov.au
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Find out about emergency management in Victoria. |