Bushfire Recovery Information
Bushfire Memorial Survey
Latrobe City Council has received funding in order to build a memorial to commemorate the Black Saturday fires that affected the Gippsland region. In order to create a memorial that meets community needs and expectations, Latrobe City would like to hear from you to determine the overall purpose and meaning of the memorial. Latrobe City seeks this information to ensure that the memorial is a place that people can use to reflect, heal and remember those lost on that day.
Click here to take the survey
Bushfire Recovery Support and Assistance
Psychological Support Package - Bushfire Psychological Counseling Voucher Program
Counselling vouchers are available to those affected by the 2009 bushfires. Parents/guardians may apply on behalf of children over five years of age. Young people may also apply independently if they wish. To register for the program please link to complete application form. For bushfire recovering telephone couselling or support link to the information sheet for further details.
Bushfire Memorials and Recognition Group
Latrobe City Council received funds in order to build a memorial for those who experienced loss from the Black Saturday bushfires. The project aims to consult widely in order to encompass a range of community views regarding the purpose, design and delivery of a memorial.
Latrobe City Council is seeking expressions of interest from people in the community to be part of the Memorials and Recognition Group which will be established in order to steer the project. The group will meet approximately monthly during working hours, in order to discuss and decide issues relating to the overall purpose and meaning of the memorial; ideas relating to the creative development of the memorial and decisions regarding the artists involved in its development and delivery of the work. Please fill out the our online form by clicking on the link below:
Expression of Interest Form
Expressions of Interest for Bushfire Memorial Artist
Latrobe City Council has received funding in order to build a memorial to commemorate the Black Saturday fires that affected the Gippsland region in January and February 2009. The memorial will be created in Victory Park in Traralgon and should be designed to enable the local community to reflect on the events that happened during that time, remember those who were lost, enable people to grieve and honour the work of the emergency services.
The work will be designed in consultation with the Bushfire Memorial Steering Group; the families of the bereaved; people in the community who have expressed interest in being involved, and the Community Development Groups in each of the areas impacted.
Latrobe City Council is seeking tenders from Artists interested in working with the community to create such a work. To download a copy of the Expression of Interest Artists Brief, please click on the link below:
Expression of Interest Artists Brief (pdf version, 327kb)
Recovery Websites
www.callignee.vic.au
www.boolarralink.com.au
www.wewillrebuild.vic.gov.au/
Recovery Centres
Please note that the Boolarra, Traralgon and Churchill Recovery Centre's have closed. Information on Bushfire Recovery is available through our Recovery Centre listed below as well as our Service Centres located at Churchill, Morwell, Moe and Traralgon.
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Traralgon South Recovery Centre
Traralgon South Community Hall, Keith Morgan Drive
Ecumenical Service
Download the Ecumenical Service - Booklet (pdf 784Kb)
Latrobe City Community Recovery Funding Requests
Clearing of Native Vegetation
Click here to read the DSE advice on clearing of Native Vegetation
Natural Values Recovery
Natural values recovery is the protection of the natural environment following a bushfire. It refers to the actions taken to protect native plants, animals and ecosystems following a bushfire as part of fire recovery. In October 2009, the Victorian and Commonwealth government announced funding for natural values recovery projects as part of the 'Rebuilding Together' - Statewide Recovery Plan. For information on these projects and natural values recovery in general, visit the DSE Natural Values Recovery page.
Monitoring Air Quality in Bushfire affected areas
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Why carry out air monitoring for asbestos? We are responding to community concerns about air quality, particularly asbestos, in areas affected by the 9 February 2009 bushfires.
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Who is doing the work? The EPA and the Department of Human Services are working together to monitor air quality in the affected areas.
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What areas are being monitored? General community areas such as town halls, schools and the ‘main street’ in bushfire affected areas are being monitored. Not all locations can be monitored. The aim is to monitor areas with the most bushfire affected properties. Click here to read more
Media Release from the Premiers Office
BUSHFIRE APPEAL FUNDS TO HELP COMMUNITIES REBUILD- More than $130 million in donations to the Bushfire Appeal Fund will be distributed to people whose houses were destroyed or partially destroyed by this year’s devastating bushfires, the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund Advisory Panel Chair John Landy and the Premier John Brumby announced today. Read more
Fire Awareness Awards
The Fire Awareness Awards recognise the hard work of individuals, groups and organisations involved in fire projects in Victoria. You can also be in the running to receive the $10,000 RACV Insurance Fire Safety Grant to help implement an innovative fire project or apply for a special incentive grant of up to $2,000 and turn a great idea into a reality. To enter or find out more, visit www.fireawarenessawards.com.au
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