Simpson CERT - Community Emergency Response Team

04/10/2025

Good morning Simpson. Today's marks 5 years since Simpson Cert became operational. We want to thank our amazing community for allowing us into your homes and your lives in times of need and for supporting us through some tough jobs. We are amazed at this communities resilience and strength. Take care and thank you all.

26/08/2025

An absolute tragedy.

25/02/2025

10/01/2025

Great advice. Get this app as it will help everyone know exactly where you are in times of need

Help us find you with just three words.

Did you know the Emergency Plus app has the life-saving tool - what3words?

What3words is a program which divides the world into three metre squares with each square assigned a unique combination of three words.

These words can be used to find a precise location – which can be invaluable in life-threatening emergencies when every minute counts.

Earlier this year, what3words was crucial in helping locate a woman in urgent need of medical attention - an incident Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) paramedic Matt Nadin attended.

“We were having difficulty locating them based off their description alone.

“We felt that time was running out and we had exhausted all our traditional methods to establish their location.

“I suggested instructing the patient to use what3words and this simple step allowed us to pinpoint their location and reach them within minutes."

Whether you’re in a rural or remote area, along a freeway or highway, or simply in a new place – what3words takes away the guesswork and helps our paramedics reach you faster.

Download the Emergency Plus app on Google or the Apple App store today.

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24/12/2024

May your Christmas be filled with love and joy. We understand some will be doing it tough. Please know that you are in our thoughts. Take care.

29/10/2024

Good morning everyone. If you have a spare hour today come along to the annual Ambulance Victoria Shocktober session at the Simpson Community Hall. Free and open to all ages. Starting at 2.00pm. We hope to see you there.

25/10/2024

Good afternoon everyone. Ambulance Victoria are running a free one hour Shocktober session on Call, Push, Shock. This is our annual event that helps us all freshen up on lifesaving CPR and defibrillator use. The session for Simpson will be held at the Community Hall from 2.00pm on Wednesday the 30th of October. It is open to all ages and will be run by Paramedic Greg Seiz, the Corangamite area Senoir Team Manager. Simpson Cert members will be there as well. Come along and learn how to help save a life. Any enquiries to Paul or Cheryl.

01/03/2024

Good evening everyone. Simpson Cert will be at the Heytesbury Show tomorrow. Come and say hello. We will be part of the Mystery Showbag so bring the kids. It should be a great community day for all. 🚑🚑🚑

31/12/2023

Happy New Years from all at Simpson Cert and Ambulance Victoria. It's been an honour to be part of this wonderful community over this last year. Thank you for your trust and support and stay safe over the holiday period.

24/12/2023

Merry Christmas from all of us at Simpson Cert. It's a very busy time of the year so please be careful out there. Enjoy this time with friends and family and please please stay safe🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅

08/11/2023

If you have a bit of spare time this morning come and have a look.

08/11/2023

UPDATE

The Optus Network has been restored and most services should now be back online. Some customers may need to restart their device or turn flight mode on then off.

Some NBN connections may not be restored as yet. We are investigating customer complaints. Please try restarting your modem by turning it off, unplugging it for 30 seconds, and restarting.

Our people are doing their best to respond to your concerns, and Optus sincerely apologises for today’s outage.

We again thank customers for their patience.

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Some services across fixed and mobile are now gradually being restored. This may take a few hours for all services to recover, and different services may restore at different sites over that time.

We reiterate our apology to customers for the nationwide service outage that has occurred this morning. We will continue to provide updates as we have information available.

We are aware of some mobile phones are having issues connecting to 000. If Optus customers need to call emergency services, we suggest finding a family member or neighbour with an alternative device.

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We are aware of an outage impacting our customers. Our teams are working to restore services as soon as possible. We will provide updates as soon as possible. We apologise sincerely to our customers.

We encourage any customers who need to contact emergency services to use a mobile line to call 000. Optus can confirm that Triple zero ("000") calls will not work from an Optus landline (fixed line telephone). Mobile calls to 000 will work if another carrier is available.