Emergency Management

The Victorian bushfire season has already begun, with homes destroyed in Lancefield in October, extreme fire conditions declared across Victoria

The Whittlesea Community Connections emergency relief survey for 2014 paints a comprehensive picture of the level of need in one

Both the Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) and the Social Equity and Wellbeing Network (SEWN) – formerly the Christchurch

One in five adults in Australia do not have general insurance cover for their contents, car or home. This lack

The VCOSS Submission to the 2015 re-opened Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry  reports the ongoing concern about the long term physical

Report released by Australian Red Cross, Beyond the Blanket: The role of not-for-profits and non-traditional stakeholders in emergency management, confirms

The VCOSS Submission to Melbourne Water’s Draft Flood Management Strategy warns that the social and economic context in which floods

More than 120 people from across state and local government, community and social service organisations, emergency services organisations and academia

The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission has released its 2014 Report on the operation of the Charter of

One year on from the Hazelwood mine fire, the communities of Morwell and the broader Latrobe Valley are calling for

The state government’s focus around emergency management in its 2015-16 budget is on supporting frontline emergency services, particularly the CFA.

The state government can increase vulnerable people’s ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from disaster and emergency events

Calling for the Victorian state government to invest in shifting power to local governments and communities in emergency management planning,

A new guide, prepared by Berry Street, aims to help the community and community service organisations respond effectively to emergencies

With the weather heating up significantly across Victoria this week and weekend, we are reminded of the need to ensure