Monitor VicEmergency warnings and advice
Stay safe during fire season. Monitor official warnings and information from Victoria’s Emergency Services:
- VicEmergency Hotline: call 1800 226 226
- In-language VicEmergency Hotline: call 131 450 (Translating and Interpreting Service)
- VicEmergency website:
- VicEmergency app: download the app on your device via the (Apple) or (Android)
We've also collated a range of Victorian Government translated materials below, to help you understand, prepare and stay safe during the fire season.
Fire danger ratings and safety information
Country Fire Authority (CFA) in-language fact and audio files explain fire danger ratings and safety information.
Health and safety information
A range of factsheets and audio files about fire safety are available in Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Khmer, Macedonian, Punjabi, Sinhalese, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish and Vietnamese.
Smoke and your health
Find out more about how smoke can affect your health and the actions you can take to avoid or reduce potential health effects.
Find smoke and your health multi-lingual
Emergency, crisis and support services
Learn about different types of emergencies and the support services that exist to help you if you are in an emergency situation in Victoria. In an emergency, call triple zero (000).
Find crisis and support multilingual
Survive the heat
This translated brochure contains information on how individuals can take care of themselves and look out for family, friends and neighbours who may need help coping with the heat.
Find survive the heat translated
Your guide to fire survival
This guide informs you on information such as how to stay informed on fire risk days, why you should leave early and guidance on how to stay informed on fires across your area.
Find fire survival multilingual
Fire safety for older people and people with disability
A translated brochure that has been designed to assist older people or people with disability to reduce their risk of fire and harm from fires.
Find fire for older people and people with disability translated
Home fire safety
This translated brochure provides a checklist on preventative measures you can undertake to minimise the chance of a fire in your house.
Find the home fire safety translated
Find the audio version about home fire
After a fire: asbestos hazards
This document aims to help address concerns raised about asbestos fibres and should be read with other information about asbestos.
Find multilingual resources about asbestos
After a fire: returning home safely
Information on how to protect yourself when returning to a bushfire-affected property.
Find the returning home safely multilingual fact
After a fire: private drinking water and water tank safety
If you live in a bushfire-affected area your water source could become contaminated.
Find the drinking water and water tank multilingual
After a fire: fire retardants and your health
Fire retardants are chemicals used by the Victorian fire agencies to assist in the control of bushfires in Victoria.
Find the fire retardants and health multilingual
Trauma: reaction and recovery
This resource gives some examples on how to resolve traumatic reactions to trauma and encourages the seeking of help from a health professional.
Recovering from long term trauma
Translated factsheets about recovering from long-term trauma.
Find recovering from trauma multilingual
Help for you and your family after disaster
Most people experience acute stress during events of natural disaster or large scale acts of violence.
Find help after a disaster multilingual
Family help kit – post traumatic stress
This translated Family Help Kit provides information about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a condition that some children and adolescents develop after they have experienced a traumatic event.
Find post traumatic stress translated
Mental health services
This subtitled video provides information on the range of mental health support services available in Victoria 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Power outages
Extreme heat can place pressure on the electricity network, resulting in power outages. Find out how you can be prepared and be safe by reading the translated Your Power Outages Guide.
Advice on managing distress
The Red Cross also have translated advice to help you look after yourself and your family during a crisis in English, Arabic, Farsi, Somali, Swahili and Nepali.
Find advice on managing distress: Information for communities, parents and caregivers after a distressing
Talking to children after a crisis
The Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health have a series of Birdie stories that can be helpful when talking to children about recovering from fire and other crises.
These are available in English, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Samoan, Somali and Vietnamese.
Reviewed 15 January 2020