We recommend downloading the VicEmergency App to your phone or checking their website for the most accurate and up to date information. Also tune into Radio Mansfield 99.7FM for latest updates.
VicEmergency Website
The VicTraffic website highlights road closures in our area and has the most accurate road closure information
VicTraffic Website
As of 19:00 14/01/2026, the Maroondah Highway is closed, please access Mansfield via the Hume Freeway, turning off at Benalla, and avoid travelling through Yea at this time.
Location: Mansfield Sporting Complex
Address: 35 Highett St, Mansfield VIC 3722
Opening Hours: 6am - 8pm Everyday
Phone: 0429 948 630
The role of the ERC includes:
- Coordinate and facilitate collaboration between all responding agencies to ensure integrated relief operations and efficient resource sharing.
- Provide safe emergency shelter and temporary accommodation for displaced community members.
- Deliver timely and accurate information and updates to affected individuals.
- Assist with the care and welfare of animals, including pets and livestock.
- Distribute essential supplies such as food, water, clothing, and hygiene items.
if you would like to volunteer to help with the impacts on the Longwood fire please fill out the attached form below
Longwood Bushfire Volunteer Registration Form
if you have been affected by the Longwood fires there is financial support available that you can apply for
NAB Natural Disaster Support
Bendigo Bank Community Group Volunteer Grants
The VFF are offering 5k relief packages for farmers affected by the bushfires. More information can be found on the VFF Website and applications can be made to vff@vff.org.au
Donations to the fund can also be made on the VFF Website
The VFF have also set up an Emergency Fodder Support Program for affected farmers
The VFF will coordinate the supply, transportation and distribution of fodder to landholders impacted by an emergency such as a bushfire.
How you can assist
- Farmers can provide fodder. The VFF will call for the provision of fodder, if a fodder program is activated with government.
- Transporters must register with the VFF to be eligible for a freight rebate by government. This is only available for transporters directly engaged by the VFF Emergency Fodder Program. A consignment notice issued by the VFF is required.
Emergency Fodder Supply Form
Emergency Fodder Request Form
Emergency Fodder Transport Registration Application
If you would like to make a donation towards helping those affected by the current bushfires please visit the GIVIT Website. Here you can donate to the Victoria Disaster Appeal to help people and communities in recovery, or use the GIVIT List to give an item or service needed by someone impacted by a natural disaster.
GIVIT WEBSITE
If you are looking to make a financial donation to help once the relief effort becomes a recovery effort in Mansfield Shire, please head to Community Bank Mansfield & District's Victorian Bushfire Appeal. Donations for Mansfield Shire will be spent on Mansfield Shire's recovery.
Mansfield Shire Council is seeking to understand how the recent Longwood bushfire has affected local businesses. This short survey will help Council:
- Identify businesses needing immediate support
- Advocate for state and federal assistance
- Prioritise recovery actions
The survey should take 5–7 minutes to complete. All information will be treated confidentially and reported in aggregate.
Longwood Bushfire – Business Impact Snapshot Survey
We are pleased to announce, given the latest emergency advice that bushfire activity has subsided, Mansfield Shire* is once again open to tourists provided travel is undertaken safely and responsibly.
*Excluding area with current emergency warnings - the communities to the west of our shire remain impacted by the fires and are not open to visitors.
The risk posed by the bushfires is now said to be low. It is not yet non-existent but it is low-enough that we are able to open up our little shire in the High Country to guests.
We thank you all for the understanding and patience you have shown while the shire closed its doors to tourists to focus on the bushfire emergency and relief efforts.
If you make plans to come to Mansfield Shire, stay up to date via VicEmergency, VicTraffic and Radio Mansfield 99.7 for emergency advice and road closures, follow all signage and direction, and be mindful of emergency services and local residents as they continue their critical work.
As of 19:00 14/01/2026, the Maroondah Highway is closed, please access Mansfield via the Hume Freeway, turning off at Benalla, and avoid travelling through Yea at this time.
Our towns and villages, rivers, lakes and mountains, remain special places to visit. Many local businesses are ready to welcome you back and show you a great time. Whether you are looking to mountain bike on Mt Buller, your motorbike down to Woods Point, your fishing rod in the lake at Goughs Bay or in the river at Jamieson, there's something for everyone.
Please remember that some members of our community (and many from neighbouring communities) have experienced significant loss, and recovery will take some time. Continue to extend our community your care, patience and respect.
When you’re ready, we look forward to seeing you back in Mansfield Shire - reconnecting with the unrivalled beauty of the region, supporting top-class local businesses and enjoying all that the High Country has to offer; safely and respectfully.