Victoria State Emergency Service

Adam Pascal, chief scientist at the Seismology Research Center, confirmed that dozens of smaller aftershocks were detected following the event, warning that minor tremors could persist for several weeks as subsurface rock formations adjust to the stress release.

Despite the widespread shaking, the Victorian State Emergency Service and local emergency responders confirmed there have been no reports of severe structural damage, utility line failures, or major injuries.

The Bureau of Meteorology issued an immediate advisory confirming there is no tsunami threat to coastal regions or offshore territories.

Emergency management agencies alerted crews across South Gypsland and metropolitan areas to monitor essential infrastructure while reminding

Apart from the tracking, I was just there to encourage them, discourage them from getting involved in all the BS and all the conspiracy theories and just allow the police to do their job.

I've got a great deal of respect for the police and the SES that every night, that I went to sleep, I think we got him on day four, every night that I went to sleep without shaking uncontrollably, because it was fairly cold, it was September, and it was out in the scrubs, so it was fairly cold.

Every night that I didn't

sort of get too cold off all that young fella still alive

I've searched in two different areas, and it was at a point where I felt like people were really about to give up.

There was still the police helicopter around, but it kind of looked like they were packing up shop.

There was only about a dozen SES searchers there.

The family, of course, was searching, but everyone was saying to me, Jake, you know, we've basically resigned to the fact that he's been kidnapped, which is what they believed at the time.

there will still be a fire services levy, but it'll be smaller and it will fund the CFA and I guess part of FRV.

But things like the State Emergency Service and other organisations, they'll just be funded out of...

Consolidated revenue.

General revenue.

there will still be a fire services levy, but it will be smaller and it will fund the CFA and I guess part of FRV.

But things like the State Emergency Service and other organisations, they'll just be funded out of...

Consolidated revenue.

General revenue.

This week we've had our disaster preparedness information session.

So we brought together Victoria SES, Centre for Excellence, so their Victoria University outpost that works with young people in disasters, as well as Council's Resilience and Recovery team coming to present.

It was really good to have that information session last night so that people could come in, have a chat, find out a bit more, get a bit more prepared for future disasters.

And it's a really important thing, especially coming up to the four-year anniversary from the October 2022 floods, just to make sure it is in our minds that we are a flood-prone community and Greater Shepparton is vulnerable to those sorts of things.

Yeah, absolutely.

So Marutna Market, 27th of this month, which will be a Sunday.

Ferrari Park, we're going to be partnering with the markets and running a sandbagging day with Victoria SES doing a lot of work with the community.

So if you're out there anyway, might as well duck over.