Bendigo Emergency Relief Centre
Bendigo Exhibition Centre, Prince of Wales Showgrounds
42 Holmes Road, Bendigo North, VIC, 3550
Phone (03) 5444 4646
The Bendigo Emergency Relief Centre is used as a short-term response to an emergency. The City of Greater Bendigo can set the centre up in response to a particular emergency, in consultation with Victoria Police and emergency management staff, the Country Fire Authority and the Victoria State Emergency Service.
Services include:
- provision of first aid
- community information sessions for people who are gathered at the centre in the case of an emergency
- provision of food
- provision of essential supplies such as clothes and blankets
- emergency shelter/accommodation
- personal support
- provision for pets
- a recreation area
- showering and toileting facilities.
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