Council, in collaboration with Wingecarribee Council, Resilience NSW and National Recovery and Resilience Agency, held a Response, Recovery and Resilience Expo in November 2021.
Watch the Event Videos
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Agency Information and Relevant Links
National Recovery & Resilience Agency (NRRA)
The National Recovery & Resilience Agency supports families and communities across Australia on their disaster journey in the aftermath of events such as floods, bushfires, cyclones, drought and other hardship like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Visit the National Recovery and Resilience Agency Website.
View the Virtual Address by Coordinator General Hon Shane L Stone, AC QC.
Wollondilly & Wingecarribee Contact
Kim Hill
Phone: 0437 551 381
Email: kim.hill@recovery.gov.au
Other Information
Resilience NSW
Resilience NSW is a New South Wales Government executive agency within the Department of Premier and Cabinet, focused on disaster management and is responsible for disaster recovery and building community resilience to future disasters.
Visit the Resilience NSW website.
Videos
Wollondilly Shire Council
Activate Wollondilly: Long Term Recovery & Resilience Plan
The Recovery Action Plan contains a number of short-term actions which council will be undertaking to support the long-term recovery of the shire and build greater resilience towards future disasters. The document highlights the transition from the floods of 2016, subsequent bushfires, drought and Covid-19 pandemic.
The Recovery Action plan details the objectives and actions of the Local Recovery and Resilience Committee in the short, medium and longer term. The Recovery Action Plan enables planning and resource allocation to deliver disaster recovery initiatives and facilitates communication and engagement with people and communities to engage and support them in their recovery journey.
View the Activate Wollondilly: Long Term Recovery & Resilience Plan.
Wollondilly Local Emergency Management Plan
The Wollondilly Local Emergency Management Plan was prepared to detail arrangements for, prevention of, preparation for, response to and recovery from emergencies within the Local Government Area(s).
Read the Wollondilly Local Emergency Management Plan.
Resident Services Emergency Information:https://www.wollondilly.nsw.gov.au/assets/Documents-NEW/Resident-Services/Emergency-Information/FINAL-Updated-version-signed-by-REOCON-on-18-November-2020-Public-Ve....pdf
NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS)
Visit the NSW Rural Fire Service Website.
General information line: 1800 679 737
Videos
- NSW RFS Greater Sydney Area Command
- What We Expect
- Watch the NSW RFS Southern Highlands Team Presentation
Other Information
- Do you have a bushfire plan? Visit the My Fire Plan Website
- Bush Fire Survival Plan
- Get Ready for a Bush Fire
- Prepare Your Home
- Your Bush Fire Survival Plan no Plan
- Prepare Your Property
- Leaving Early Factsheet
- Simple Steps to Prepare for a Bush Fire
- Prepare To Stay Only if You Are Well
- Places of Last Resort
- Emergency Bush Fire Information and Alert Levels
- Total Fire Bans
- Hotspots
- Caravan and Camping Bush Fire Safety
- Bush Fire Safety for Bushwalking
- Information for Travellers
- Fire Safety for your Pets
- Grass Fires
- Standards Lighting a Fire
- Engaging a Contractor to Burn
- Community Protection Plans
- Fire Fighting and Water Replacement
- Harvest Fires Info for Rural Landholders and Farmers
- Fire Permits Info for Rural Landholders and Farmers
- Livestock and Large Animals
NSW State Emergency Service (SES)
Visit the NSW SES Website.
For emergency help in Flood, Storm and Tsunami call 132 500.
Message from Acting Assisting Commissioner of Regional Operations – Mr Colin Malone.
Videos
Other Information
- Southern Highlands | NSW State Emergency Service
- SES Storm Safe Guide
- Before a Storm; During a Storm; After a Storm
- Home Emergency Plan
- Emergency Business Continuity Plan
- Community Flood Safe
- Guide Flash Flood Safe
- Storm Safe
- Caravan Park Flood Safe
- Caravan Park Owner Manager
- Rural Properties
- Tsunami Awareness
- Tsunami Info for Recreational Marine Users
- Tsunami Info for Recreational Boaters
NSW Fire & Rescue
Visit the NSW Fire & Rescue Website.
Message from Assistant Commissioner Regional Operations – Rob McNeil
Videos
- Subscribe to Fire & Rescue's YouTube Channel
- Fire Safety Checklist
- Fire Safety at Home: Heating
- Building Resilience Through Fire Safety Education
- Home Escape Plan
- Decorative Lights Fire Safety
- How to use a Fire Blanket
- Chimneys and Fireplaces
- Wheat Bags
- Smoking in Bed
- Unattended Candles
- Overloaded Powerboards
- Lint in Dryer Filters
- Fire Safety for BBQ
- Overcharged Batteries
- Oil or Fat Fires, What to do
Other Information
- After the fire: What to do next?
- Living in temporary accommodation during bushfire recovery and rebuilding
- Community support information
- First aid for burn injuries
- Request for incident information
- Spring into Action – Spring Fire Safety
- Smoke Alarms
- Escape Plan
- Home Visit Safety
- Building Fire Safety
- Workplace Fire Safety
- Education Resources
NSW Police Force
South Western Sydney Local Health District - Mental Health
Visit the South Western Sydney Local Health District Website.
Phone: 1800 011 511
Read more about what South Western Sydney Local Health District Mental Health do.
Videos
- Southern Highlands Men’s Mental Health
- Safe Haven Suicide Prevention Service
- Tackling the Challenge – Talking Men’s Health
- Uncle Harry – Aboriginal Health Promotion Worker
- How’s your Head Today – Being Active
- How’s your Head Today – Keeping Busy
- How’s your Head Today – Staying Connected
- Living Library Collection
Other Information
Blue Eco Homes
Bushfire Consulting Services
Visit the Bushfire Consulting Services Website.
Phone: (02) 4744 5800
Read more about the services provided.
Read more about Bushfire Assessment.
Bushfire Property Protection Solutions
Visit the Bushfire Property Protection Solutions Website.
Watch the welcome video.
Follow on Facebook.
Follow on Instagram.
Download the Bushfire Property Protection Solutions – Protecting Your Home Flyer.
Download the Bushfire Property Protection Solutions – Real Estate Flyer.
CSIRO
Visit the CSIRO Website.
Watch the Message from CSIRO Resilience Coordinator - Andrew Moore.
Other Information
Department of Primary Industries (DPI)
Visit the Department of Primary Industries Website.
Download the Flood Recovery Flyer.
Other Information
Dr Rob Gordon - Disaster Psychologist
Watch the Getting through the Second Year after Black Summer video.
Watch the Bushfire Recovery during Covid-19 video.
Watch the Tackling uncertainty and anxiety ahead of the next disaster season video.
Read more about Identifying stress fatigue
Watch the Anniversaries for significant events video.
Emergency Australia
Website: https://www.emergency.nsw.gov.au
- Download the Telstra disaster preparedness 2021 brochure
- How to plan and prepare for bushfires
- How to plan and prepare for a heatwave
- How to plan and prepare for a flood
- Dealing with power outages after an emergency
- A guide to Australia's standardised emergency warnings
- Plan for an emergency: Storm
- After The Disaster
GIVIT
Visit the GIVIT Website.
Links:
- What we do
- Give Where You Live encourages locals to donate to local charities and services to specific needs in the Southern Highlands
Habitat for Humanity
Visit the Habitat for Humanity website.
Insurance Council of Australia
Phone: 1300 884 934
Visit the Insurance Council of Australia Website.
Legal Aid
Visit the Disaster Response Legal Service NSW website
Phone: 1800 801 529
If you have been affected by a disaster, we can help you with:
- Insurance claims and disputes
- Financial hardship
- Housing and tenancy problems
- Your rights at work
- Replacing important documents
- Domestic and family violence advice
- Other every day legal problems
Local Land Services (LLS)
View the Local Land Services Website.
Visit our online map of Greater Sydney.
Learn more about what Local Land Services do.
Find out what help and advice is available to you.
Rapid Relief Team
RRT delivers hope and relief to people across the globe. Whether it be fire, flood or humanitarian need, RRT expands their support services to meet the need at hand.
Visit the Rapid Relief Team Website.
Phone: 1300 858 208
Further Information:
Red Cross Australia
Visit the Red Cross Website.
Phone: 1800 733 276
Get Help: Visit the Red Cross Get Help page. https://www.redcross.org.au/get-help
Further Information
- YouTube: Australian Red Cross
- 5 Things you can do to take action
- Red Cross Wellbeing Toolkit
- Podcast: After the Disaster
Red Cross Lockdown Wellbeing Toolkit which has been developed specifically to support wellbeing of adults and children during lockdown:
River Road Creative Academy
Visit the River Road Website.
Stories Towards Recovery
Storytelling is an opportunity to transform the internal/inner dialogue of ones own mind and story to be heard. Sharing your story helps validate what it is that you have experienced and help process and find healing. The power of listening to one's story, allows for us the listener to be transported into another’s world and see things through the eyes of the storyteller, and be privileged in supporting one to be heard and understood. Stories Towards Recovery is focused on providing families and individuals within the Wingecarribee LGA with support to unpack their experience, share their stories, and find healing through creative outlets. We aim to work with families and individuals at a personal level, by engaging in conversation and creative activities that may or may not result in creative public work, but primarily provide a supportive environment to be heard and understood. Working with Wingecarribee Council, and associated organisations, our mission is to provide an open, warm and supportive space for people to be who they are.
Stories Towards Regeneration (Completed)
Stories Towards Regeneration is in response to the 2020 bush fires that affected the Wollondilly and Wingecarribee areas, supporting ALL people of this area to share their stories, musings, and creative expressions 1 year on from this catastrophic event. This projects also includes a range of songs that were produced designed to tell the stories of the community.
Sounds of the Land (in production)
This project is focused on community engagement and cultural connectedness where together we will record and capture local sounds, combined with images into an interactive phone application. Users will be able to interact with sounds, as well as record their own sounds and contribute to a community of sounds. The app also includes self reflective practice through guided and self guided features.
Rural Financial Counselling Service
Visit the Rural Financial Counselling Service Website. (Wollondilly Residents)
Phone: 1800 344 090
Visit the Rural Financial Counselling Service Website. (Wingecarribee Residents)
Phone: 1800 319 458
Watch the We are here for you video.
St Vincent De Paul
Visit the St Vincent De Paul Website.
Download the Vinnies Bushfire Recovery and Community Grant Program Brochure.
