Available if your principal place of residence was damaged or destroyed by the fires and you can’t live in it, or your principal place of residence was in an evacuation warning area, and you evacuated your property. Call VicEmergency Hotline 1800 226 226. Press 0, then 1 to talk to someone. A one-off payment of $680 per adult and $340 per child up to a maximum of $2,380 per eligible family.