Your emergency preparation

You can reduce the impact of the emergency and have a quicker recover by planning and preparing them.

Create a home emergency plan

Creating a home emergency plan may help save your life, your family's lives and your property during an emergency.

Things to think about when creating your plan.

The CFA Fire Ready Kit helps you to understand your risk, prepare your property and develop a bushfire plan.

Part of your emergency preparation should be putting together an emergency kit of items that you will need during and after most emergencies.

Your kit should contain at least these basic items:

portable radio, battery-operated radio or wind up;
torch, battery-operated torch or wind up;
mobile phone and charger;
spare batteries;
overnight bag with change of clothes;
protective items, such as strong boots, sun hat, sunscreen, rubber gloves, gardening gloves and insect repellent;
woollen blankets and sleeping bags (or have them handy);
non-perishable food and drinking water for each person (and pets) for 3 days;
special requirements for pets, babies and the disabled;
medications and prescriptions;
first aid kit;
toiletries;
valuable items, such as copies of photos on a CD or memory stick; and
important documents, such as passports, birth and marriage certificates, wills, insurance papers and a copy of your home emergency plan.

If you need more information about your emergency plan, please contact our Emergency Management Team on 9490 4222 or enquiries@banyule.vic.gov.au

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