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做好应急准备 – This is a guide for individuals and households to prepare for emergencies. Examples of emergencies are when there are hazards such as

  • 严重风暴
  • Floods
  • Bushfires
  • House fires.

Download the 做好应急准备 guide. The guide has space for your notes so it can become your emergency plan – a plan that fits your life and links with plans for specific hazards such as floods. There are four steps:

  1. It’s about you! Think about your life and what you need to think about to get ready.
  2. Know your risk. Find out about hazards that can affect you, and how prepared you are for them.
  3. Make a plan that fits your life
  4. Communicate and connect.
Icon of house in flood on fire in a storm - this guide is for emergencies such as floods, storms and bushfires.

Getting ready for emergencies is everybody’s business.

SES and other emergency services play key roles in floods, storms and other emergencies, but everyone must make plans for emergencies that fit their lives.

You must

  • learn about your hazard risk like floods, storms and bushfire.
  • Know what to do
    • well before an emergency happens
    • immediately before, and
    • during an emergency.
  • Your plan must include the people
    • You support
    • Who support you
  • Stay alert for any hazards such as
    • Severe storm FloodBushfire
    • other

There is extra support for Tasmanians with disability to prepare for emergencies.

1.   It’s about you!

To help prepare for an emergency, think about your life now.

Everyday life

What do you do on a typical day?

Doorway what do you do on a typical day? How do you leave home when you need to?

Your home

  • Is it isolated?
  • Could you get out of your home if you need to?
  • Do you rely on tank water or an electric pump?
  • Do you have working smoke alarms?
Car on road that is flooded -

Transport

How do you usually leave home?

Your health

  • What do you need for your health every day – such as medicine or equipment?
  • Do you rely on others to manage your health? If so, who?

Do you need support?

Do you live with disability or find it hard to

  • do everyday activities or
  • read or understand information

You may have extra things to think about to get ready for emergencies. Get help to prepare for emergencies.

Your network

  • Who are the people
    • you live with?
    • live nearby but are connected to (eg family, friends)?
    • you rely on?
    • rely on you?
  • How well do you know your neighbours and people in your commuity? Could you ask them for help if needed?
  • Who could you ask if you needed help to leave your home?
  • Where could you go if you need a place to stay?

How do you communicate with others?

  • Where do you get information you trust?
  • How do you contact people outside your home? (eg mobile, landline phone, computer)
Mobile phone - how do you contact others?
Radio - how do you get information you trust?

2. Know your risk

Find out about hazards that can impact your home.

Understand emergency services and what they do.

storm cloud

3. Your emergency plan

Download the 为紧急情况做好准备 guide to make a plan that fits your life.

Your emergency plan covers:

  • Key emergency contacts and people you may need to contact in an emergency
  • Preparing an emergency kit for
    • if you stay at home in an emergency, or
    • need to leave home in an emergency.
  • What happens if there is
    • no power
    • no water
    • no phone or internet connection
  • If you need to leave home in an emergency.
  • Health and insurance issues in an emergency
  • Looking after animals in an emergency
  • How to reduce the impacts of emergencies

Download the Get ready for emergencies guide.

4. Communicate and connect

Talk to your family and other support networks about your emergency plan and their plans for emergencies. 

  • How might you help each other during emergencies such as storms and floods? 
  • Are there any gaps in your emergency plan that others might help to address?
Family with dog - we need to watch out for each other.

Where to find warnings and other key information

Find out more about emergency warnings in Tasmania.

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