Emergency Ready Week, created by Australian Red Cross, will be held from Monday, 18 September to Sunday, 24 September 2023.
Hawkesbury City Council is a participating council with Resilient Sydney to help Australian Red Cross to encourage community resilience.
Emergency Ready Week aims to improve emergency preparedness by encouraging the community to make an emergency plan.
Download the Get Prepared app getprepared.app.link/Hawkesbury_City_Council
Make an emergency plan, a RediPlan, to protect what matters most with the Get Prepared App for IOS and Android. A paper version can be downloaded at rediplan-lite-interactive.pdf (redcross.org.au)
The app allows users to digitally complete an Australian Red Cross RediPlan, empowering them to make important decisions ahead of time, to be better prepared for emergencies. The app is a free and easy to use tool to help people prepare for any type of emergency.
Download and use the survival kit checklist
Make a plan using the simple checklists get-packing.pdf (redcross.org.au) to complete the important actions to be prepared for emergencies.
Bookmark the Hawkesbury Disaster and Emergency Dashboard
See https://disaster.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au or go to Council’s website hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au and click on the Emergencies tab. The dashboard provides updates on road conditions, weather warnings, fire incidents, power outages, flood alerts, bush fire alerts and school closures.
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