1. The Community 12 months after Australia’s worst bushfire disaster Department of Human Services / Department of Health Bushfire Craig Lapsley Director Emergency Management, Department Health & Human Services, Victoria.

2. Black Saturday Fires 173 people dead 173 people dead 2059 house destroyed 2059 house destroyed 78 townships impacted 78 townships impacted Thousands displaced Thousands displaced Many dead, many families displaced, communities destroyed.

3. Marysville – after the fire.

4. Built Social Economic Natural IndividualFamilyNeighbourhoodCommunity CDOCRCCSH Women Men Youth Children Case Management Psycho-Social Support Business/ Commerce TourismEmployment Industry (including primary producers) Government Services Water Quality Air Quality Agriculture Marine Environment Flora and Fauna Natural Environment (parks and public lands) Land degradation and contamination Natural Environment Electricity Gas Water Telecommunications Transport Roads Community essential infrastructure Other essential services (eg, schools, hospitals etc) Community Development Program The Emergency Recovery System Social / People Natural Economic Built

5. IndividualFamilyNeighbourhoodCommunity Case Management Psychological Support Community Development Program Psycho-social recovery – Individuals, families, neighbourhood and communities. Women Men Youth Children Community Development Program Psycho-social Response

6. Recovery System – Economic Business/Commerce TourismEmployment Industry (including primary producers) Government Services

7. Recovery System – Natural Environment Water Quality Air Quality Land degradation/ contamination Agriculture Marine Environment Flora and Fauna Natural Environment (parks and public lands) Natural Environment

8. Recovery System – Built Environment Electricity Gas Water TelecoMs Transport Roads Community essential infrastructure Other essential services (eg, schools, hospitals etc)

9. EVENT Community Development towards ‘The New Norm’ Time Emergency Recovery Transition & Community Renewal Phase 1 Community Impact Phase 2 Community Recovery Phase 3 Community ‘Renewal’ Recovery Mainstream support programs Recovery support programs Community Recovery Network Mainstream services (Including State & Commonwealth depts/agencies, NGOs & LGAs) Community Renewal & Development Community driven support People Built Environment Economics & Tourism Natural Environment Community events Progress associations

10. 10 Planning – integrated, interoperability Community partnership Community information Decision making – Incident Managers / Community Technology Spatial information Social media!!?? The issues going forward…..

11. The Community 12 months after Australia’s worst bushfire disaster Department of Human Services / Department of Health Thank You and Enjoy…. Craig Lapsley Director Emergency Management Health & Human Services