Baw Baw Shire Emergency Management team wins Resilient Australia Award

Key points

• Baw Baw Shire Council's Emergency Management team has won the Victorian Local Government category of the Resilient Australia Awards. The award recognises the Ready & Resilient At-Risk Communities initiative, a set of linked projects that help residents most at risk during emergencies.
• The projects include a People at Risk in Emergencies action group and workshops, a digital readiness program, and resilience programs for primary school children.
• Mayor Kate Wilson said the projects build a shared-responsibility approach that helps local agencies, vulnerable people and children prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies.