EMERGENCY AND
DISASTER SERVICES
Ambulance
Rural Ambulance Victoria
Telephone:
000 EMERGENCIES free call 24 hour
service
106 (emergency number for people with
communication impairment)
13 3009 non emergency transport
(03) 5338 5000 Administration
(03) 5338 5211 FAX
1800 248 859 First Aid Courses/Kits
Internet:
www.rav.vic.gov.au
Emergency Housing
Castlemaine and District
Accommodation and Resource
Group (CADARG)
Location:
Uniting Church Parish Community Centre, 12
Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Postal:
PO Box 246, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5472 4299 BH
(03) 5472 4569 FAX
0418 326 806 Mobile
Contacts:
Co-ordinator - Brendan Dunne
brendan@cadarg.net
Housing Support Worker - Jan Ward
jan@cadarg.net
Job Placement Employment
and Training (JPET)
Location:
12 Lyttleton Street, (Uniting Church
Community Centre With CADARG),
Castlemaine VIC 3450
Postal:
PO Box 56, Maryborough VIC 3465
Emergency Services
After Hours Medical Service -
Central Highlands
Telephone:
1300 557 512 Cost of local call
000 In an emergency
Castlemaine Police Station
Location:
50 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5472 2099 General - Castlemaine
(03) 5472 2821 Criminal Investigations
000 for EMERGENCY CALLS otherwise
use above numbers
1800 333 000 Anonymous Drug
Information Line/Crime Stoppers
Castlemaine Victoria State
Emergency Service (SES)
Location:
Taylor Street (Unit Headquarters), Wesley
Hill VIC 3450
Postal:
PO Box 876, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5472 4593 Unit Headquarters, Taylor
Street
0419 582 790 Mobile
13 2500 Flood/ Storm Emergency
Email:
castlemaine@ses.vic.gov.au
Contacts:
Controller - Robert Pratt
(03) 5472 1079
0417 050 494 Mobile
Drought Personal Support Line
Telephone:
1300 655 969 Drought Personal Support
Line 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Daily
Fire Restrictions/Total Fireban
Infoline
Telephone:
1800 240 667
Maldon Police Station
Location:
Francis Street, Maldon VIC 3463
Telephone:
(03) 5475 2210 Calls will be directed to
Castlemaine if Maldon Station is
unattended.
National Missing Persons Unit
Telephone:
1800 000 634 Free Call
Email:
missing@afp.gov.au
Internet:
www.afp.gov.au/national/missing
Contacts:
Victoria Police Missing Persons Unit
1800 808 606
(03) 9865 2828
Police Complex, 412 St Kilda Road,
Melbourne VIC 3000
Newstead Police Station
Location:
Lyons Street, Newstead VIC 3462
Telephone:
(03) 5476 2250
Occupational Health and
Safety Authority (OHSA)
Telephone:
(03) 5338 4444 Ballarat
(03) 5443 8866 Bendigo
13 2360 Emergency Response
Service (24 hr)
1800 136 089 Information
Safety Link Personal
Response Service
Location:
16 Eastwood Street, Ballarat VIC 3350
Postal:
Safety Link, PO Box 179 W, Ballarat West
VIC 3350
Telephone:
1800 813 617 FREECALL for all incoming
calls
(03) 5331 7572 FAX
Email:
info@safetylink.org.au
Internet:
http://www.safetylink.org.au
VitalCall -Personal Emergency
Response Service
Telephone:
1300 360 808
Material Aid
Emergency Relief-Mt
Alexander Shire
Location:
Venue - Community Health Centre (CHIRP),
13 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5479 1000 APPOINTMENT ESSENTIAL
Contacts:
Hours - Monday Afternoon; Thursday
Morning - APPOINTMENT ESSENTIAL
Salvation Army, Castlemaine
Corps
Location:
Citadel, 47 Kennedy Street, (Near Railway
Station), Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5470 5389 Castlemaine
(03) 5472 4296 AH
Contacts:
Captains - David and Wendy Simpkin
corpsofficer.castlemaine@aus.salvationarmy.
org
www.salvationarmy.com
Seventh Day Adventist
Community Services
Postal:
PO Box 330, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Contacts:
Material Aid - Marie Girvan
(03) 5472 1884
St Vincent De Paul Society-
Castlemaine
Location:
16-18 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Contacts:
President - Trish Bowles
(03) 5472 4419 BH
(03) 5472 4950 FAX
Fire Brigades
Baringhup West Rural Fire
Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Contacts:
Captain - Brendan McKnight
(03) 5475 2899 AH
0409 332 787
Secretary - Mary Baxter
(03) 5447 0222 BH
(03) 5475 2128
Brigade Support Officer
Postal:
c/- Castlemaine Fire Brigade, PO.Box 994,
Castlemaine VIC 3450
Contacts:
Debby Andre
0438 743 143 Mobile
(03) 5475 2931
Email: d.andre@cfa.vic.gov.au
Campbells Creek Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Postal:
PO Box 92, Campbells Creek VIC 3451
Contacts:
Secretary - Mary Anne Murdoch
(03) 5472 4240
Castlemaine Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Postal:
P.O Box 200, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5472 1005 for information re fire
Bans
etc.
1800 240 667 Fire Bans, Bush Fire
Information
Contacts:
Secretary - Ian Franklin
(03) 5472 3146
PO Box 200, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Captain - Bill Maltby
(03) 5472 2588
Chewton Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Contacts:
Secretary - Gary Van Den Driesen
(03) 5472 1620 AH
0409 959 095 Mobile
PO Box 29, Chewton VIC 3451
Elphinstone Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000, Location Wright
Street,
Elphinstone VIC 3448
Postal:
Elphinstone PO 25, Elphinstone VIC 3448
Contacts:
Captain - Andy Chapman
(03) 5473 3294
Secretary Helen El-cheikh
0408 932 910 Mobile
Fire Restrictions/Total Fireban
Infoline
Telephone:
1800 240 667
Fryerstown Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Contacts:
Captain - Jim Cole
(03) 5473 4494 AH
Secretary - Glenda Athey
(03) 5473 4322
Guildford Rural Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Contacts:
Secretary - Ray Buckingham
(03) 5473 4523
C/- Post Office, Guildford VIC 3451
Harcourt Rural Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000, Fire Station High
Street,
Harcourt VIC 3453
Contacts:
Secretary - Vanessa Robinson
(03) 5474 2582
0400 510 620
16 Market Street, Harcourt VIC 3453
Captain - Tyrone Rice
(03) 5479 1233 BH
0409 686 738
Langley-Barfold Rural Fire
Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000,
Contacts:
Secretary - Craig Atkin
(03) 5423 4225
57 School road, Barfold VIC 3444
Lockwood Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Postal:
PO Box 35, Lockwood South VIC 3551
Telephone:
000 fire calls
Contacts:
Secretary - Daniel Clarke
(03) 5457 1506
0409 166 388 Mobile
PO Box 10, Lockwood South VIC 3551
Maldon Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Postal:
PO Box 60, Maldon VIC 3463
Contacts:
Secretary - Daryl Walker
(03) 5472 3529 General Business
0419 133 581 Mobile
Metcalfe Fire Brigades Group
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Contacts:
Secretary - Ian Franklin
(03) 5472 3146
PO Box 200, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Newstead Fire Brigade
Auxiliary
Contacts:
Secretary - Maureen Heagney
(03) 5476 2382
442/872 Creswick Road, Sandon VIC 3462
Newstead Rural Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Contacts:
Secretary - Maureen Heagney
(03) 5476 2382 BH
Redesdale Rural Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Contacts:
Captain - Ivan Hustan
(03) 5425 3229
PO Box 221, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Secretary - Richard McCarthy
(03) 5425 3128 BH
0418 953 026 Mobile
PO, Redesdale VIC 3444
Sutton Grange/Myrtle Creek
Rural Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Contacts:
Secretary - David Whitaker
(03) 5442 4710 BH
0427 742 793 Mobile
Wilkinson Road, Sutton Grange VIC 3448
Taradale Rural Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Telephone:
(03) 5423 2747 Business calls
Contacts:
Secretary - Chris Webb
(03) 5423 2880 BH
0409 315 470
PO Box 30, Taradale VIC 3447
Captain - Max Robinson
(03) 5423 2389
Assistant. Secretary - Sandra Webb
0407 191 049
Walmer Rural Fire Brigade
Location:
Fire Alert Call 000
Contacts:
Secretary - Ben Gork
(03) 5470 5324
141 Johnstone Street, Castlemaine VIC
3450
First Aid
Poisons Information Centre
Location:
Royal Childrens Hospital, Flemington Road,
Parkville VIC 3052
Telephone:
13 1126
St John Ambulance Australia -
Castlemaine Branch (First Aid
Services/ Classes)
Email:
mountalexander@stjohnvic.com.au
Contacts:
Superintendant - Ken McDougall
(03) 5474 2646 Bookings essential
0409 038 725 Mobile
40 Bagshaw Street, Harcourt VIC 3453
Police Stations
Castlemaine Police Station
Location:
50 Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Telephone:
(03) 5472 2099 General - Castlemaine
(03) 5472 2821 Criminal Investigations
000 for EMERGENCY CALLS otherwise
use above numbers
1800 333 000 Anonymous Drug
Information Line/Crime Stoppers
Correctional Services - Prisons
Telephone:
(03) 5471 1211 Loddon Prison, Matheson
Road, Castlemaine
(03) 5479 8200 Tarrengower
Prison,Barringhup Road, Maldon
Crime Stoppers
Telephone:
1800 333 000 Freecall Crime Stoppers
Maldon Police Station
Location:
Francis Street, Maldon VIC 3463
Telephone:
(03) 5475 2210 Calls will be directed to
Castlemaine if Maldon Station is
unattended.
Newstead Police Station
Location:
Lyons Street, Newstead VIC 3462
Telephone:
(03) 5476 2250
Victoria Police, Sexual Offence
and Child Abuse Unit
Location:
Victoria Police Centre, 637 Flinders
Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
Telephone:
(03) 9247 6666 Switchboard
(03) 9247 5538 Sexual Offence and Child
Abuse
(03) 5440 2530 Sexual Offence and Child
Abuse - Bendigo
Public Safety
Crime Stoppers
Telephone:
1800 333 000 Freecall Crime Stoppers
Natural Pest Control
Telephone:
1800 067 711 Free Call
(03) 5442 3013 Bendigo
Contacts:
David Odgers
0419 007 662 Mobile
Neighbourhood Watch North
Castlemaine Max 2 Area
Location:
Castlemaine VIC 3450
Email:
nhw@neighbourhoodwatch.com.au
Internet:
www.neighbourhoodwatch.com.au
Contacts:
Castlemaine MAX2 Area Manager - F.
Caesar-Gordon
(03) 5472 2565
93 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine VIC
3450
Secretary/Treasurer - Bill Greaves
(03) 5472 1916
Police Liaison Officer
(03) 5472 2099
NetAlert on line
Telephone:
1800 880 176 8.00am - 10.00pm, seven
days/week
Email:
free filters for internet safety; govt.
initiative
Prisons (Justice Dept)
Location:
Head Office (Justice Department of), 121
Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Telephone:
(03) 5472 1211 Loddon Prison Matheson
Road, Castlemaine
(03) 5479 8200 Tarrengower Women's
Prison, Baringhup Rd Maldon
(03) 5440 6100 Community Corrections, 18
St Andrews Ave Bendigo
(03) 5470 6783 Castlemaine office -
Moyston
Street
Internet:
www.justice.vic.gov.au.
Snake Catchers
Contacts:
Available after 4.00 pm and weekends -
Jason Lambie
(03) 5472 3239
0407 723 239
12 Bull Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
DSE Hotline - Wild LIfe Controllers
13 6186
Victim Support Agency (VSA)
Location:
1/136 Exhibition St, Melbourne VIC 3001
Postal:
GPO Box 4349QQ, Melbourne VIC 3001
Telephone:
1800 819 817 Victims of Crime HelpLine
(8.30am - 5.00pm Mon-Fri)
Internet:
http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/victimsofcrime
VSA on-line
Victims Assistance and
Counselling Program (VACP)
Location:
47 High Street, Bendigo VIC 3550
Telephone:
(03) 5441 9800
1800 620 542 Free Call
(03) 8662 1700 VSA Administration
1800 819 817 Free Call
Victoria Police, Sexual Offence
and Child Abuse Unit
Location:
Victoria Police Centre, 637 Flinders
Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
Telephone:
(03) 9247 6666 Switchboard
(03) 9247 5538 Sexual Offence and Child
Abuse
(03) 5440 2530 Sexual Offence and Child
Abuse - Bendigo
Whistle Blowers
Telephone:
1300 365 111 Dept of Justice
1800 806 314 to discuss making a
disclosure
(03) 9613 6222 direct to Ombudsman
Internet:
www.ombudsman.vic.gov.au
www.justice.vic.gov.au/whistleblowers
Worksafe Victoria.- Bendigo
Location:
104 Queen Street., ( Reg Office), Bendigo
VIC 3550
Telephone:
(03) 5443 8866 Bendigo Regional Office
(03) 5441 3997 FAX
(03) 9641 1555 Head Office (Victorian
Workcover Authority)
1800 136 089 Free Call Advisory Service -
Worksafe and Workcover
13 2360 Notification of Serious
Workplace/Equipment Incidents.
Email:
info@workcover.vic.gov.au
Internet:
www. workcover.vic.gov.au