For updates on community meetings, the Recovery Hub, clean‑up, and relief and recovery support, visit the January 2026 fire event page.
Each municipality must have a Municipal Emergency Management Planning Committee (MEMPC) that includes representatives of the council, response agencies (such as Victoria Police, CFA), recovery agencies (such as the Department of Health and Human Services), and local community groups involved in emergency management issues.
The Mount Alexander MEMPC in partnership with the Northern Victorian Integrated MEMPC has developed an Integrated Municipal Emergency Management Plan (MEMP) for the Mount Alexander, Loddon, Central Goldfields, City of Greater Bendigo and Campaspe municipalities.
The Integrated MEMP allows all five councils to endorse the same plan (excluding appendices), outlining the strategies for how we will prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies.