Emergency Management Resources

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Hindmarsh Shire Council, together with Horshal Rural City, West Wimmera and Yarriambiack Shire Councils have signed a resource sharing partnership agreement to provide their communities with safer response and co-ordinated relief and recovery to all emergencies. The Wimmera Emergency Management Team has prepared a range of resources to help you plan and provide for an emergency.

FOR EMERGENCIES DIAL 000

Emergency Awareness

Are you emergency aware?

The Wimmera Emergency Management Team have prepared the following emergency awareness brochure to help you prepare and stay informed in the lead up to or during an emergency.

Wimmera Emergency Awareness Brochure (English)(PDF, 845KB)
Wimmera Emergency Awareness Brochure (Karen)(PDF, 1MB)

Emergency Preparedness

If an emergency happens, you should be prepared to take care of yourself and your family for a minimum of 72 hours. This brochure provides you with a few simple steps to become better prepared to face an emergency anytime, anywhere.

Three Steps to Emergency Preparedness (72 hours) (English)(PDF, 504KB)
Three Steps to Emergency Preparedness (72 hours) (Karen)(PDF, 537KB)

Other helpful links:

Emergency Contacts, Information & Radio Channels

Police, Fire, Ambulance: Triple Zero (000)

State Emergency Service (SES) – floods or storms: 13 25 00

Powercor – electricity or street light faults: 13 24 12

GWM Water – emergencies and faults: 1800 188 586

RACV – roadside assistance: 13 11 11

Snakes and Wasps – Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA): 13 61 86

Wildlife Victoria – report injured animals: (03) 8400 7300

Poisons Information Centre (VIC) – 13 11 26

Nurse on Call – 1300 606 024

VicTraffic – for current road closures in Victoria

VicEmergency – for current incidents and warnings in Victoria: 1800 226 226

Country Fire Authority – Victoria Fire Authority

Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) – for weather forecasts: 1300 871 798

Victoria Education – Early childhood and school closures

Deaf Emergency Information – current emergency information for those with hearing impairments

If you are hearing impaired, deaf or speech impaired, you can also call the National Relay Service on 1800 555 727 and request the VicEmergency Hotline on 1800 226 226.

Radio Channels
  • MIXX FM - 94.5 FM
  • ABC Radio - 94.1 FM / 594 AM
  • 3WM - 1089 AM

Triple Zero in Other Languages - CALD Community Members

Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA) have commenced a campaign to inform culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) members of the community on the importance of ringing Triple Zero in an Emergency. The CALD campaign also aims to inform different CALD communities what to expect when they call triple zero in an emergency. The translated resources can be found on the ESTA website.

Visit their website here.

Municipal Emergency Management Plan

The Hindmarsh Municipal Emergency Management Plan (MEMP) addresses the prevention of, response to and recovery from emergencies within the Hindmarsh municipality. It is the result of the co-operative efforts of the emergency management planning committee, which includes representatives from Victoria Police, Country Fire Authority (CFA), various Victorian State Government departments, Ambulance Victoria, SES, VicRoads, GWMWater, Red Cross, Wimmera CMA, Hindmarsh Shire Council and other agencies. The MEMP does not attempt to reinvent the wheel and actively recognises the previous planning activities of the municipal area.

Municipal Emergency Management Plan(PDF, 730KB)

Other resources:
Hindmarsh Shire Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee Terms of Reference(PDF, 1MB)

If you have any comments, feedback or concerns regarding the MEMP, please contact the Municipal Emergency Management Officer on info@hindmarsh.vic.gov.au.

Wimmera Integrated Relief and Recovery Sub-plan

The Wimmera Integrated Relief and Recovery Sub-plan records the municipal level emergency relief and recovery management arrangements that may be utilised in supporting a community impacted by an emergency event.

As defined in the State Emergency Management Plan (SEMP), Local Government (Council) is the lead agency for local emergency relief and recovery.

This plan illustrates how emergency relief and recovery services are coordinated and delivered at the local level by the Partner Councils. The plan also describes how emergency relief and recovery service support is escalated to the Regional and/or State level when local resources are exhausted.

Wimmera Integrated Relief and Recovery Sub-plan(PDF, 961KB)

Wimmera Emergency Animal Welfare Support Plan Sub-plan

The four Partner Councils who make up the Wimmera Emergency Management Resource Sharing Program (WEMRSP) - Hindmarsh, Horsham, West Wimmera and Yarriambiack are vulnerable to a number of hazards that impact their area and may affect the welfare of domestic animals (pets), livestock and wildlife.

The area of the four municipalities is home to a large number of domestic animals, livestock and wildlife.  The area is also traversed by major highways, which carry livestock in large volumes on a daily basis.

Wimmera Emergency Animal Welfare Support Sub-plan

This plan complements the Municipal Emergency Management Plan (MEMP) of each Partner Council.

The focus of this sub-plan is to prescribe the municipal coordination arrangements that exist to support agencies which have a responsibility for emergency animal welfare support, this includes:

  • Domestic Animals (pets) – Local Government
  • Livestock – Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions (DJPR)
  • Wildlife – Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)

Wimmera Emergency Animal Welfare Sub-plan 2022-2025(PDF, 1MB)

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