Business Planning for Emergencies
Emergencies and disasters are risks to all businesses, but preparation can lessen their impact. You can make your business more resilient to the effects of emergency situations.
Disaster resilience for business toolkit
Business Victoria has a toolkit that can help you to:
- identify potential risks to your business
- prepare for disruptions to lessen their impact
- figure out ways for your business to run during disruptions
- resume and get back to business as usual
Your business's cyber security
Information, advice and training about protecting your business from cyber attack can be found at:
Cybercrimes can be reported to: Report | Cyber.gov.au.
Emergency management for farms
Agriculture Victoria has a range of emergency management resources that are relevant to farming and similar businesses: Emergency management | Farm management | Agriculture Victoria. The resources include emergency contacts, natural disaster information, and information about animal welfare and biosecurity emergencies.
The First 72 Hours
Colac Otway Shire Council has a suite of online information about keeping safe in fire, flood and severe weather: Fire & Emergencies.
There is a practical tool for The First 72 Hours, which helps the whole community, including businesses, prepare for the impacts of environmental emergencies.
Emergency contacts for Colac Otway Shire businesses
Council has emergency contact information for the community that you may want to keep handy: Emergency Contacts, Websites and Apps - Colac Otway Shire.
The following contacts are useful for some local businesses:
- Agriculture Victoria - Emergency Animal Diseases Watch Hotline: 1800 675 888. Call this number if you suspect any emergency animal disease, including sick livestock, poultry and aquatic animals
- Shark sightings - report to Police on 000 and notify on-duty lifesavers if you are at a patrolled beach