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Emergency resources for babies and toddlers

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.

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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:

  • Breastfeeding

  • Expressed breastmilk (EBM) feeding

  • Hand expressing

  • Cup feeding

  • Blackouts and frozen breastmilk

  • Formula feeding

Fact sheets to help you feed your baby safely in an emergency
Woman breastfeeding young baby while talking to an emergency responder

Breastfeeding in emergencies

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A woman with a young baby in a carrier sorts through emergency supplies

Expressed breastmilk feeding in emergencies

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A baby drinks expressed breastmilk from a disposable paper cup in an emergency

Cup feeding in emergencies

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A woman hand expresses breastmilk into a paper cup during an emergency

Hand expressing in emergencies

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Bags of frozen expressed breastmilk in a full freezer

Blackouts and frozen breastmilk

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A woman prepares infant formula in a disposable cup during an emergency

Formula feeding in emergencies

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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:

  • breastfed baby

  • baby fed expressed breastmilk

  • toddler

  • baby fed formula

What to put in your evacuation kit for your ...
Contents of an evacuation kit for a breastfed baby

... breastfed baby

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Contents of an evacuation kit for a baby fed EBM and solid foods

... baby fed expressed breastmilk

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Contents of an evacuation kit for a toddler

... toddler

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Contents of an evacuation kit for a formula-fed baby

... baby fed formula

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Resources for anyone supporting young families in emergencies
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FREE eLearning module

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

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BiBS study report

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

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A mother and fireman hold two young children and stand in front of a fire truck.

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’.

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