The Municipal Emergency Management Plan

• Municipal Emergency Management Plan (PDF-840KB)

Integrated Community Fire Management Plan
The purpose of this document is to chart the planned and co-ordinated implementation of measures that will minimise the occurrence, and mitigate the effect, of bushfire, grassfires, residential and industrial fires on the community. This Fire Management Planning document identifies long-term objectives and approaches to managing fire risk in the most critical areas of concern. This strategy also identifies actions that can be taken immediately that will contribute to community safety.

View the FirePlan

CFA INFORMATION

• Information on Community Fire Guard Program Link to CFA Public Web Site Community Fire Guard Information http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/residents/programs/cfg.htm
• Information of Fire Ready - link to CFA Public Website, Community Meetings Locations http://cfaonline.cfa.vic.gov.au/mycfa/Show?pageId=publicCommMeetings
• Developing a Bushfire Survival Plan - http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/residents/living/index.htm
• Bushfire Information Kit available from CFA Geelong Office at 61-63 Separation Street North Geelong Ph: 52402 700 or CFA Colac Office 115 Broomfield Street Colac Ph 5232 1923
• Victorian Bushfire Information Line - 1800 240667

For Emergency Services please contact:

• Ambulance, Fire, Police 000
• CORE 5221 6188
• Geelong Hospital Casualty (24 hrs) 5226 7564 Psychiatric (24 hrs) 5226 7410
• Lifeline (24 hrs) 131 114
  (Lifeline Geelong Inc. PO Box 210 GEELONG VIC 3220
  Phone: Office 5222 2255 Fax: Office 5224 2220)
• Poisons Information Centre 131 126
• Geelong Police Station 5225 3100
• Neighbourhood Watch 5225 3260
• Community Policing Squad 5225 3194

Infrastructure administers the operation and maintenance of the City of Greater Geelong After Hours Emergency Service. The service operates 24/7, 365 days per year with representation from the following sections of Council:

• Operations
• Local Laws
• Facilities Maintenance (Council buildings etc)
• Aged and Disability Services
• Environmental Health (Health surveyor)
• Building Department (Building surveyor)

To contact the City of Greater Geelong After Hours Emergency Service please phone (03) 5227 0270.

When a call is lodged with Council's service provider a determination is made then whether the request requires urgent attention or can wait until the next working day based on a pre-determined criteria supplied by Council to the service carrier. However, it should be noted that where doubt arises the call will be placed through to the relevant service Duty Officer.

An electronic message is sent to the respective Duty Officer who initially is given 5 minutes to acknowledge that they have received the call otherwise the message is resent. Contact will be made with the resident as soon as practicable given the workload of the Duty Officer at any given time.

Residents are asked to be please be patient, particularly during strong winds or heavy rain as many requests are received by the Duty Officer who may have crews called in to help with the amount of work being received.