Resources to help you prepare, evacuate and recover
Check back often as the collection will continue to grow. Together we can help protect babies and young children in emergencies.
Emergency fact sheets
Caring for a baby or toddler in an emergency can come with specific challenges. The series of fact sheets below are specific to emergencies such as bushfires and floods. They will help you to feed and care for your baby safely through an emergency.
There are 6 fact sheets covering the following topics:
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Breastfeeding
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Expressed breastmilk (EBM) feeding
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Hand expressing
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Cup feeding
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Blackouts and frozen breastmilk
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Formula feeding

Breastfeeding in emergencies

Expressed breastmilk feeding in emergencies

Cup feeding in emergencies

Hand expressing in emergencies

Blackouts and frozen breastmilk

Formula feeding in emergencies
Evacuation kit lists
Packing an evacuation kit with all the items needed to care for your baby or toddler for at least 3 days is an important step you can take to prepare for an emergency.
The downloadable evacuation kit lists below will help you know what to pack for a:
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breastfed baby
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baby fed expressed breastmilk
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toddler
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baby fed formula

... breastfed baby

... baby fed expressed breastmilk

... toddler

... baby fed formula

FREE eLearning module
Learn how you can help with our Disaster support for babies, toddlers & caregivers eLearning module.

BiBS study report
Read the findings and recommendations from the Babies and Young Children in the Black Summer (BiBS) Study.

BiBS study report launch webinar
Hear the findings of the BiBS study shared in an online panel discussion, ‘Want to help the children? Help the parents’.