First 72 Hours – Your emergency plan

What would you do if you were in an emergency situation and couldn’t receive professional help for 72 hours?

The First 72 Hours prompts you to create an Emergency Plan for your business or household.

Building a safer and more resilient community is a shared responsibility across all Victorians, not just those in the Emergency Management sector. 

Emergencies can be hard to predict and emergency services may be unable to reach you in a disaster.

What will you do for the first 72 hours if you had no access to power, water, gas, road access, communication services or limited food? What would you do if you knew that emergency responders or support services could not get to you, or if you could not get to them?

The City of Ballarat, in collaboration with the State Government of Victoria and Training X, is excited to bring you these amazing emergency preparedness workshops that will help you navigate developing a plan and addressing these issues and more.

Sign up for your next FREE workshop today!

People living with disability and carers
When: Saturday 11 October, 1pm–4pm
Where: Ballarat Town Hall - Trench Room
Event details and registration: Humanitix

Buninyong
When: Sunday 12 October, 1pm–4pm
Where: Buninyong Fire Station
Event details and registration: Humanitix

Senior’s Festival Workshop 1
When: Tuesday 21 October, 1pm–3.30pm
Where: CE Brown Reserve, 249 Dowling Street
Event details and registration: Humanitix

Senior’s Festival Workshop 2
When: Thursday 23 October, 1pm-3.30pm
Where: Lucas Community Hub, Coltman Plaza
Event details and registration: Humanitix

LGBTIQA+ Workshop
When: Saturday 8 November, 1pm-4pm
Where: Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute - Hooper Room
Event details and registration: Humanitix

Download the Make an emergency plan worksheet and consider the following:

• What Emergency Event is your plan for? Flood, fire, storm?
• Who needs to be considered in your plan? Household members, neighbours, immediate family who live elsewhere? Pets or animals?  
• Who is your primary Emergency Contact that you can reach out to in an emergency situation?
• Where will you go if you have to leave your home? Where do you get your information from? How do you verify that information?
• Do you have any pets? What is your plan for them?
• If you are leaving, how will you get there? Do you and all your family know the way, alternate routes if the way is blocked, do people know that’s the route you will take? 

Information is critical in an emergency. Know what information to carry with you and have back-ups of:

• Emergency Plans
• Identification
• Medical (including prescriptions), financial and insurance documents
• Contact list – Friends, families, utility providers
• Home inventory – photos of possessions, household assets, receipts or warranties 

Gather and store items ready to support you and your loved ones if you have to leave your home.

Consider if your emergency kit will include:

• Food and water
• Medication
• First Aid Supplies
• Radio
• Batteries
• Chargers and cables
• Powerbank
• Toiletries
• Sunscreen
• Documents
• Clothes
• Money
• Children’s needs – toys, bottles, etc.
• Pet needs - attend a Pet First Aid event

It is critical to stay informed in an emergency.  Be sure to tune into official and accurate information delivered by verified agencies so that you can be equipped with the facts before, during and after an emergency.

For emergency event updates rely on the VicEmergency App.

Download VicEmergency on Google Play
Download VicEmergency on the Apple App Store 
Website: emergency.vic.gov.au 
Hotline: 1800 226 226  
Follow on social media: Facebook/vicemergency,  Instagram @VicEmergency

Emergency Radio Broadcast  

• ABC Local 107.9 FM
• 675AM
• 774AM
• Visit Official Emergency Broadcasters in Victoria - to find your local broadcast