Natural Disasters & Emergencies
What to do, where to go and how to manage!
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what3words is an easy way to identify precise locations. Every 3m square has been given a unique combination of three words: a what3words address. Now you can find, share and navigate to precise locations using three simple words.
Use what3words to:
- Help emergency services know exactly where to find you
- Plan exact meet-up locations
- Tell car breakdown services where you are
- Navigate to any destination easily
- Save your favourite memorable spots – a viewpoint, waterfall or proposal location
- Save key work locations, from incident reporting to delivery entrances
- Help people find your business or Airbnb
- Guide people to accessible entrances.
Example: Wally Lewis’s statue outside Suncorp stadium is at ‘issue.skills.driver‘
Prepare for any type of emergency with Australian Red Cross. Get Prepared helps you connect with your key support people, accomplish simple tasks to make you and your loved ones safer, and protect the things that matter most to you.
Key Features include:
– A quick and easy network of support with your Key 3 contacts.
– Easy checklists across a range of emergency preparedness actions.
– A personalised emergency plan you can share with others, or print out.
Alert2Me is a simple and informative app to follow warnings and emergency information.
Set your own view to show certain types of events or follow your own region or area. User watch zones to let you know when an incident or emergency has happened in your area.
Be involved, inform others as emergencies unfold and report to fellow citizens what is happening near you. Be part of the conversation and help others to stay away from danger.
‘Emergency +’ is a national app developed by Australia’s emergency services and their Government and industry partners, helping people to call the right number at the right time, anywhere in Australia. The app uses a mobile phone’s GPS functionality so callers can provide emergency call-takers with their location information as determined by their smart phone. ‘Emergency+’ also includes SES and Police Assistance Line numbers as options, so non-emergency calls are made to the most appropriate number.
When calling Triple Zero (000), remember to stay focused, stay relevant, and stay on the line. Before you call, ask yourself:
* Is someone seriously injured or in need of urgent medical help?
* Is your life or property being threatened?
* Have you just witnessed a serious accident or crime?
If you answered ‘Yes’ to any of these questions, call Triple Zero (000). Triple Zero calls are free.
This application is designed to provide up to date information about bush fire data in Queensland, Australia. It utilises data from the Queensland Rural Fire Service data feeds on fires with your current location provided by the phone GPS.
Using this information the application is able to provide a list of fires showing the nearest ones first, helping you to understand your current situation. The information is reliant on both the accuracy of the phone’s GPS and the data recorded on the RFS’s website.
The app for bush fire warnings and incident information using data from participating fire agencies in Australia.
This app has been developed by the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS). The NSW RFS recommends users of the app do not rely solely on the information provided in the app. In an emergency always rely on other communication channels such as websites, information lines and local radio. Check your state or territory’s fire agency website (Queensland Rural Fire Service) for more details.
Is Your Business Ready for a Natural Disaster?
Ready, Set, Go! building tourism resilience in the event of a natural disaster is a simple, interactive free smartphone App that gets tourism businesses ready to go prior, during, and straight after a crisis. It has been specifically designed for the Queensland tourism industry, works offline, and allows users to quickly and easily build business resilience to help effectively manage a crisis and get back to business sooner.
Provides information about disaster events and disaster resilience. Does not provide emergency warnings. DisasterWatch links to key emergency agencies – updated approximately every 20 minutes when the device is online.
You should not rely upon any single source of information during an emergency; you should seek information from as many sources as possible including radio, television, and other online applications, websites or services when available. Your power supply may become unavailable if the electricity service is disrupted
