Historical information

In 2017 known as the Kangaroo Ground Operations Centre a facility for hire managed by the Shire of Nillumbik.
On 7 February 2009 (Black Saturday) the CFA Incident Control Centre (ICC) was located here.
Described in "Worst of Days: Inside the black Saturday firestorm" by Karen Kissane (access via Google books):
"..the ICC is part of a mud brick complex built in the 1980s as an emergency operations centre for several agencies, including the State Emergency Service. It is also home to the headquarters of the CFA's Lower Yarra Group. A small office with a whiteboard would be the incident controller's office throughout the office, but a larger central room, with data projectors, "smart boards" and maps would house the rest of the team.."

Significance

Statement of Significance

From the Victorian Heritage Database (2010)

What is significant?
The 1988 emergency operations centre and the surrounding site to the title boundaries.

How is it significant?
The emergency operations centre is architecturally, aesthetically, socially and historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The emergency operations centre is architecturally and historically significant as a good and rare example of a large public building constructed in a 1980s version of the 'Eltham style', and as a rare attempt to adapt the 'Eltham-style' aesthetic to meet the changing demands of the Shire in the 1980s (Criteria B, D & E). The emergency operations centre is architecturally and aesthetically significant because it is constructed of mud brick and features: a central entry with a tile mural (Criterion E). The emergency operations centre is socially significant because it is a focal point for the community and has played an important role in protecting the community since 1988 (Criterion G).

Physical description

Two colour photographs of mud brick Emergency Operations Centre building, Kangaroo Ground