Resources to help you

If you want to prepare for disasters, have experienced a disaster or are recovering from a disaster, Red Cross has a host of useful emergency management resources that can help.

Resources collections are also available for parents and caregivers, teachers, communities and agencies.

You can download resources from this page or email us to order printed copies.

Protect what matters most

Download the Red Cross RediPlan: a free disaster preparedness guide packed with helpful hints and clever strategies on how to prepare for disasters and make your emergency plan.

Get your RediPlan

How to help after a disaster

Tips on donating money or clothes, volunteering, helping people and more.

Learn more

Multilingual preparedness resources

Responding to disasters

How to help after a disaster

Practical ways of helping people affected by a disaster.

Dealing with the stress of an emergency

Available in audio format as an MP3.

Donating food to emergency services

Information sheet.

Psychological First Aid (PDF - 1.39 Mb)

An Australian guide to supporting people affected by disaster.

Recover from disasters

Recovery Basics: Looking after yourself during and after disasters (PDF - 1.43 Mb)

Recovery Basics: The impact of disasters on communities and individuals (PDF - 1.76 Mb)

Recovery Basics: Working in recovery (PDF - 2.21 Mb)

Coping with a major personal crisis (PDF - 2.12 Mb)

Booklet.

Coping with a major personal crisis

Audio.

Coping with a major personal crisis (PDF - 0.6 Mb)

Easy English.

Coping with a major personal crisis (PDF - 0.14 Mb)

Large print.

Cleaning up after an emergency: dealing with wind and water damage (PDF - 2.73 Mb)

Booklet.

Cleaning up after an emergency: dealing with wind and water damage (PDF - 1.27 Mb)

Easy English.

Looking after yourself and your family after a disaster (PDF - 6.29 Mb)

Booklet.

After the emergency (PDF - 1.58 Mb)

A book to help kids cope with emergencies.

Talking with children after an emergency (PDF - 0.33 Mb)

Fact sheet.

Helping children and young people cope with crisis (PDF - 2.3 Mb)

Booklet.

Parenting: coping with crisis (PDF - 0.92 Mb)

Booklet.

Returning home after a bushfire evacuation (PDF - 0.78 Mb)

Fact sheet.

Preparing for disaster anniversaries - community support (PDF - 0.26 Mb)

Preparing for disaster anniversaries - individual support (PDF - 0.41 Mb)

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Resources to help you

If you want to prepare for disasters, have experienced a disaster or are recovering from a disaster, Red Cross has a host of useful emergency management resources that can help.

Protect what matters most

How to help after a disaster

Multilingual preparedness resources

Are you ready?

Responding to disasters

Recover from disasters