Emergency Information

The most important thing during a power outage is to stay safe:

• Keep clear of fallen powerlines and keep others away
• Be careful with temporary generators
• If there has been significant damage to your property, make sure a licensed electrician checks that it’s safe to turn your power back on. 
  
  

If you are currently experiencing an electricity outage visit the United Energy website  or contact their electrical faults and emergency team on 132 099.

For further information on power outages in an emergency, please visit:

• Better Health Channel - Coping without gas or electricity
• Department of Health - Food safety during power outages
• National Environmental Health Association - Guidance for septic systems before, during and after a power outage

It is important people living near grasslands and bush are prepared for fires and know what to do in the event of one. 

• CFA - Before and During a Fire
• Grassfires - Near Cities and Towns
• Grassfires - Rural
• Your Local Area - Information & Advice

Current Road and Traffic Information is available on the VicRoads VicTraffic website.

Emergency markers look like a street signs with white text on a green background. Each has a unique code made up of three letters and three numbers that specifies the location, GPS coordinates, road access route or navigational data, which assists the dispatch of emergency services when an incident occurs at locations such as open-space parklands, walking trails or beaches where no obvious reference points.  Learn more about emergency markers.

Bushfire Neighbourhood Safer Places (NSP) are a place of last resort for people during bushfire. It can be part of your contingency plan, for a time when your Bush Fire Survival Plan cannot be implemented or has failed. Relocation to NSP’s should not be your primary Bush Fire Survival Plan.

A NSP is an identified building or space within the community that may afford some protection from radiant heat. However, the degree of safety may be dependant on a range of factors including, the intensity of the bushfire and your ability to reach the NSP safely. It is for these reasons that NSP’s cannot be considered completely safe. They are a place of last resort in emergencies only.

View the list of Mornington Peninsula Shire adopted Neighbourhood Safe Places (A place of last resort).

Visit the Bureau of Meteorology website.

Flood, Storm Emergencies - Victoria SES

For assistance contact the SES on 132 500

For those looking to obtain sandbags these can be purchased from your local hardware store.  Follow this link for information on how to use sandbags to protect your home: http://bit.ly/2AnxDWH

Downloadable resources are linked below:

• Children and crisis fact sheet(PDF, 48KB)
• Family and crisis fact sheet(PDF, 51KB)
• Trauma - helping our family or friends fact sheet(PDF, 46KB)
• Trauma and children - tips for parents fact sheet(PDF, 50KB)

Additional support is available by phone, call LifeLine: 131114 or call Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636.