This is the Warrandyte Fire Scenario presented live in November 2019. It is as relevant today as then. (View it in PowerPoint using speaker view to display the accompanying text to each slide. If you do not have that facility, view the slides with hard copy of the...

INSURANCE – ARE YOU COVERED? AFTER A DISASTER IS THE WRONG TIME TO REVIEW YOUR POLICY DO IT NOW! Thursday 15th November 7.00 - 9.00pm Warrandyte Community Church 57 Yarra Street, Warrandyte AROUND 250 people attended Warrandyte Community Association’s Bushfire...

COMMUNITY TESTING AND REHEARSAL Kim Cope, David Dyason & Dick Davies with Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley outside the EMV trailer for the Immersive Bushfire Experience at South Warrandyte Sunday 22 April The Immersive Bushfire Experience is...

Blythe J. McLennan (Research Fellow Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University) is the author of the article "Conditions for Effective Coproduction in Community-Led Disaster Risk Management", featuring in the journal VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and...

"Safe As Houses" - Pre-Summer Community Forum   Presentation Slides Warrandyte Community Association (Dick Davies) - Safe As Houses Presentation Emergency Management Victoria (Craig Lapsley) - EMV Presentation National Broadband Network, Local (Amy Jaballah) -...

  ARE YOU READY! – The bushfire scenario with a difference  Thursday 27th October, 7.00-9.00pm Warrandyte Community Church, 57 Yarra Street, Warrandyte. Register attendance at: 9844 5855 or info@warrandyte.org.au Are you ready! How will you cope when your world...

Red Cross wants everyone in Australia to be prepared for an emergency, whether the floods we’ve seen over the past week, fire or personal crisis.  Emergency Preparedness Week, celebrated this year from September 19-26, is where we start. Too many conversations after...

Following the devastating bushfires in February 2009, the WCA held an open forum attended by 280 Warrandyte residents under the banner of ‘Warrandyte – Be Better Prepared’. The purpose was to explore possible ways forward and to focus on issues and actions. There were...

Submit your entry into the 'Tip of the Month' competition by emailing your fun photo to yourmonthlytip@cfa.vic.gov.au. At the end of each month CFA, SES, Councils and WCA will review all entries and choose a winner. The winner will receive a $50 IGA (Warrandyte)...

18 May 2016 WINTER CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN!! ‘Is your property ready for fire, storm or floods?  There are things you can do to prepare!’ https://youtu.be/KwKXVK4fB2U Maintain your readiness this year is the key message for June in a joint emergency management campaign to...

Local Council EM Summer Preparedness Helen Napier, Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator - Manningham City Council Justin Murray, Executive Officer Emergency Management – Nillumbik Shire Council Began by stating what is available for residents during this fire...

Be Ready Warrandyte began in July 2012 as a direct result of the calamitous 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. Its aim was to ensure that every household in the 'Greater Warrandyte' area has an effective bushfire plan and to increase fire preparedness. Greg Kennedy, South...

The Be Ready Warrandyte Heatwave Project began in July 2014 to address the inevitable link between fire and heat. The following report is the culmination of the work undertaken as the BRW Heatwave Project. Download the Heatwave Report or click on the cover below:

Time to say farewell and thank you as the Be Ready Warrandyte Project winds down – for now.  Always envisaged as a 3-year project to increase fire preparedness in the Greater Warrandyte area, the campaign has reached its end.  Thank you to all those who have supported...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia4otcu7AFA&feature=youtu.be   Be Ready Warrandyte would like to acknowledge Warrandyte High School VCE students Connor, Hugh and Jules for the following videos, created to emphasize the importance of having a bushfire safety...