Community Emergency Management Plans

What is an Emergency Reference Map and Community Emergency Management Plan?

We received funding from Emergency Recovery Victoria to support communities to recover from the 2022 floods, and to build resilience to respond to future events.

An Emergency Reference Map is a quick reference to key locations relevant to an emergency. It depicts a simplified map of the town, and some key services available. The back page contains information on keeping up to date and informed, and emergency contact numbers. A summary of important local knowledge makes the map unique to each town.

A Community Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) is a guide to help newcomers and locals alike to make the right decisions for them when planning for an emergency, responding to a hazard, and in recovery.

Importantly, this plan is not a guide to tell you where to go or what to do in an emergency. Your survival relies on good planning by you. The plan provides links to emergency planning, which must be done prior to an event.

The plan highlights the key unique characteristics of each town in an emergency, provides planning pointers, identifies sources of information and support, and is a quick-reference guide for local key contacts, particularly for recovery.

Rutherglen Community Emergency Management Plan(PDF, 8MB)

Rutherglen Emergency Map(PDF, 3MB)

Yackandandah Community Emergency Management Plan(PDF, 10MB)

Yackandandah Emergency Map(PDF, 3MB)