Disasters and Emergencies
Like all regions across Australia, depending on the time of year, prevailing weather or circumstances such as location beside a major highway, there is the risk of a disaster or emergency happening on the Sunshine Coast. If you are fit and healthy it is your responsibility to prepare your home, yourself, your pets and others to minimise disruption to your lifestyle.
Can you survive 3 days without food, water or power?
Emergency contacts
- call 000 for the police, ambulance or fire brigade in a life threatening situation
- call 132 500 for SES assistance with storm damage, rising flood water, fallen trees or damage to your roof
- call council on (07) 5475 7272 to report problems with council service or infrastructure, such as roads covered by water or fallen trees/debris etc.
- call Unitywater on 1300 Unity (1300 086 489) to report water or sewerage service outages and damage to infrastructure
- more emergency contacts
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Find information on the highest risks across the region: Severe weather and related flooding and bushfires as well as hazardous material accidents, pandemics and others
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Find links to relevant websites for a wide range of weather warnings and information and get to know the Standard Emergency Warning System
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Take four simple steps now to prepare your family, pets, home and business. Don't wait for a disaster to happen before thinking about what to do
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Self asses how ready you are for disasters or emergencies. Find tips on how to help others, how to volunteer with SES, and DIY sandbagging
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When disaster strikes you need to follow the advice of authorities on staying put or evacuating, and follow your emergency plan
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Knowing what to do after a disaster is an important part of the recovery process. You may also want to help others by volunteering or making donations
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Council has prepared for the possibility of disaster and emergency on the Sunshine Coast
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Find local evacuation procedures and plans developed with individual communities to prepare for and respond to emergencies requiring possible evacuations
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Council supports Get Ready Queensland
, a Queensland Government initiative offering preparedness advice for severe weather events in several languages.
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