LifeAid Emergency Care

To all the mamas - have a wonderful day ❤️

Sending much gratitude and thanks to all of the servicemen and women around the country today.

'The museum, located in Bayswater, was the brainchild of a group of retired ambulance officers who formed the Ambulance Historic Society of Victoria in 1986.

The group began acquiring and restoring vintage ambulances, starting out with just six vehicles.

The fleet has since grown to 30, including the first Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance vehicle, a mass casualty bus and ambulance motorbikes.'

A lifetime of Ambulance Victoria’s history on display | Brimbank & North West The Ambulance Victoria Chas Martin OAM Museum will throw open its doors on Sunday, April 16, for a special Open …

Victoria is expected to experience Catastrophic and Extreme fire conditions across the state tomorrow, so if you live in a high-risk bushfire area in these districts, you should be planning to leave early before any fires start.

Now is the time to enact your bushfire plan, making sure you and your family take action.

You can go to the home of family and friends who are outside the area, or a relief centre opened nearby.

Relief centres are now open in Ararat and Maryborough.

When you leave, ensure you check your route prior to travel. Have a backup route in case of road closures.

For those who are leaving their homes, let people know you are safe by registering via the Register, Find and Reunite service at register.redcross.org.au

Be sure to continue to monitor www.emergency.vic.gov.au or download the VicEmergency app.

Halls Gap CFA is ready and prepared for today's fire Weather. We have called in the big guns from Lego City to assist.

Hopefully you are prepared and have your fire plan ready.

We hope that today will be a quiet day and the team at Lego City will not be required.

Have a cool and fire safe Thursday Halls Gap.

When cleaning up your garden, wear sturdy boots and make sure you don't step into burned out termite mounts covered by ash. One of our members measured 529°C with a thermal imaging camera today when inspecting a property for hot spots.

When the fridge turns off during an extended power outage, food may not be safe to eat ⚠

Cold food remains safe to eat while it’s still cool to touch (less than 5 degrees Celsius) and for up to four hours after this. It should then be cooked and eaten or thrown away.

Keep your food cold and fresh by:
❄ Keeping fridge and freezer doors closed and only opening them when necessary
🧊 Moving refrigerated food to the freezer
🏡Covering cold and frozen food with an insulating blanket
🌡️ Checking the internal temperature of food items with a food thermometer before eating
🗑 If in doubt, throw it out.

If you are impacted by extended power outages, you may be entitled to compensation. See your distribution business’s website for details of customer rights and to access compensation forms.

For more information on how to stay safe during a power outage, including food safety, please visit energy.vic.gov.au/safety/power-outages/staying-safe-during-a-power-outage

You can also call the Food Safety Unit for more information on 1300 364 352.

Take care out there folks

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Want to know if a road is closed due to the severe weather? Visit https://traffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au/ or download the Victraffic app for updates.

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**UPDATE: This post has now been downgraded. For the latest warning information, visit: https://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/ or see updates on our page**

EMERGENCY WARNING - BUSHFIRE - Leave Immediately
Incident Location: Grampians National Park, Bellfield
Issue Date: Tuesday 13 February 2024, 02:03 pm
Next Update: Tuesday 13 February 2024, 04:10 pm

This Emergency Warning is being issued for Bellfield, Bellfield Settlement, Halls Gap, Lake Fyans, Pomonal.
- There is a bushfire at Grampians National Park, Bellfield that is not yet under control.
- The bushfire in the Grampians National Park located near Bellfield is travelling in a southerly direction.
- Pomonal could be impacted anytime within the next two hours.
- A wind change is expected around 2:00pm which will cause the fire to change directions towards Pomonal. Conditions can become very dangerous and unpredictable.

Leaving immediately is the safest option, before conditions become too dangerous.

Emergency services may not be able to help you if you decide to stay.

A Catastrophic Fire Danger Rating has been declared for the Wimmera tomorrow Tuesday 13 February.

This signals the worst possible conditions for a bush or grassfire. Fire activity will be at its most dangerous and will be fast moving, unpredictable and largely uncontrollable by emergency services.

Deputy Chief Fire Officer for Grampians region, Jason Hellyer said “Do not visit parks and forests in this region – they are not safe places to be and will be closed to the public. If you are already there, you should leave now.

Visit the FFMVic website https://www.ffm.vic.gov.au/ to view a complete list of forest closures.

The Grampians National Park, Little Desert National Park, Grange State Park, Mt Arapiles State Park and Wail State Forest have been closed due to the forecast conditions. Please check the Parks Victoria website at www.parks.vic.gov.au for a full list of park closures.

The Horsham office, 110 Natimuk Road Horsham, will be closed to the public for the day.

Firefighters are on standby ready to respond and we’re asking the public to stay informed and alert ahead of time as hot and windy weather is forecast for this period.

We would like to remind residents:
• Do not visit Victoria’s parks and forests in this region
• Do not light any fires. It is illegal to light any fires when a day of Total Fire Ban has been declared. This includes campfires and all BBQs, including solid and liquid fuel barbecues, as well as unconventional heat sources such as rotisseries and portable grills.
• Stay informed about the weather and be observant
• Enact your bushfire plan as emergency services may not be able to respond at your location.
• If you see or smell smoke ring Triple Zero (000).
• On Catastrophic Fire Days the risk of localised power outages increases. Make sure you have your emergency kit ready, including a charged mobile phone and a battery-operated radio and torch.

We’ve got you covered this Wednesday night. A date with purpose. 😘

Last info session for volunteer firefighter recruitment in 2024.

Come see the presentation, check out the trucks and meet the other volunteers.

Event details: https://www.facebook.com/share/FgcNTLFtbP9eKg6N/?mibextid=9l3rBW

'Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) will soon install another backup connection system at its stations in Bamaga and Thursday Island to ensure operators can connect to paramedics when there is an outage.

Starlink, which will be fixed at the two stations, goes by satellite technology and can be used when there is no cellular service.'

Emergency services prepare further backup in case of outage | Cape York Weekly Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) will soon install another backup connection system at its stations in Bamaga and Thursday Island to…

Great day for it

'Reducing the impact of a cyclone on your family, your home and belongings means making a plan well before the bad weather arrives.'

Are you prepared for cyclones? - ABC Emergency Reducing the impact of a cyclone on your family, your home and your animals means making a plan well before the bad weather arrives.

Heavy rainfall is on the way for parts of the state from tomorrow, Sunday 7 January.

Sandbag collection points are now open for communities that may be impacted by heavy rainfall and flooding, including north and north eastern Victoria.

View the latest sandbag collection points and our sandbagging guide on our website: https://www.ses.vic.gov.au/plan-and-stay-safe/sandbag-guide

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'There are 60 years between teen Shaun Lockhart and Colin Knot — but when they had strokes months apart, it was 60 minutes that made the difference in their recovery.

Doctors call it the "golden hour", when there's the best chance to restore blood flow and save threatened tissue from a stroke.

Fifteen-year-old Shaun was in Tara, about 350 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, when the symptoms began.

"He was paralysed down the right side, unable to communicate and could not understand us very well," his mother Ellen Edwards said.'

There are 60 years between them but when they had a stroke it was 60 minutes that made all the difference Compact and portable enough to fit in a backpack, a brain-scanning helmet could close the rural-city divide in stroke outcomes.

No rest for the wicked! Happy new years everyone - hope you’re having a safe and happy start to 2024. Pic c/o

Take care this holiday season. Can’t wait to see you all in 2024!

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