WHAT CAN YOU DO?

DURING

Inform yourself on the safety procedures to ensure you make correct decisions during an emergency. Do not gather in areas that require access by response services. Be sensitive and helpful in your behavior towards the locals of the community. Be conscious and considerate of others that are experiencing great loss whether it may be the loss of loved ones or properties of livestock.

RECOVERY

You can potentially add to the local pool of necessary skills to respond to disasters. For example, you may be doctors, firefighters, nurses, carers, social workers, cooks, psychologists, carpenters, and mechanics among those visiting Lakes Entrance.
Harnessing your skills and experience could be vital when our community faces disasters that are beyond institutional capacity to respond.

RE-BUILD

There are many ways you can help with Australia’s recovery effort as fire-affected communities get back on their feet. Now more than ever, Australia needs your support. More than 660,000 people in Australia depend on tourism for their livelihoods, that’s over 5.2% of the nation’s workforce. If you have current Australian travel plans that are affected by bushfires, consider rescheduling your trip rather than canceling it. Traveling within Australia in the next six to 12 months is one of the most significant ways you can help long-term recovery, this rebuilds the economy as well as getting the locals back to normal life