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Last Updated: Tuesday, 06 February 2024 10:26

Use our Disaster Dashboard for emergency news and updates where information from a number of disaster management sources is collated in the one location.

Below is a list of emergency contact numbers to add to your household emergency plan, your emergency kit and your evacuation kit.

Emergency services

If you need Police, Fire or Ambulance in an emergency call 000 (triple zero). An emergency is when a crime is happening now, when a life is threatened or when the event is time critical, such as a fire.

Fire

Emergencies: call 000 (triple zero)

Non-emergencies: call 137 468 or 07 3405 0985

Website: www.qfes.qld.gov.au

Social media: www.facebook.com/QldFireandRescueService 

Ambulance

Emergencies: call 000 (triple zero)

Website: www.ambulance.qld.gov.au 

Social media: www.facebook.com/qldambulanceservice

Police

Emergencies: call 000 (triple zero)

Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000

Policelink: 131 444 (to report a non-urgent crime or incident, or for general police enquiries)

Website: www.police.qld.gov.au 

Social media: www.facebook.com/QueenslandPolice 

SES

Call 132 500

Website: https://www.qfes.qld.gov.au/

Social media: www.facebook.com/QldSES 

Emergency information and updates

Queensland Government - Get Ready Queensland

• Website: www.getready.qld.gov.au

ABC News

• Website: www.abc.net.au/news

Queensland Disaster and Alerts

• Website: https://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/warnings 

Radio stations

ABC Southern Queensland – Local Radio – 747 AM

• Phone: 4631 3811

Triple M Darling Downs – 864 AM

• Phone: 4637 5111

Hit FM - 100.7

• Phone: 4637 5111

Voice FM – 92.9 FM

• Phone: 4639 4981

Community Radio – 102.7 FM

• Phone: 4638 4171

Weather reports

Bureau of Meteorology (BOM)

• Website: http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/
• Weather app: http://www.bom.gov.au/app/ 
• Social media: www.facebook.com/bureauofmeteorology 

Roads

Road closures in our region:

• Council website: http://www.tr.qld.gov.au/about-council/news-publications/current-roadworks
• Council's disaster website: http://disaster.tr.qld.gov.au

Roads: traffic and travel information

• Website: https://qldtraffic.qld.gov.au/index.html
• Social media: www.facebook.com/TMRQld 

Utilities & services

Electricity:

• Website: https://www.ergon.com.au/
• Social media: www.facebook.com/ErgonEnergy 

Council

Contact Council for local government issues only on 131 872.

Disaster dashboard website: http://disaster.tr.qld.gov.au

Social media: www.facebook.com/toowoomba.region 

Volunteering

Emergency volunteering: disaster ready communities

• Website: https://emergencyvolunteering.com.au/emergency-volunteering/

Red Cross REDiPlan

• Website: http://www.redcross.org.au/emergency-resources.aspx

Community recovery

Recovery after a disaster  

• Website: https://www.qld.gov.au/community/disasters-emergencies/recovery-after-disaster/

Information for business - disaster resilience and recovery

• Website: https://www.business.qld.gov.au/business/running/disaster-resilience-and-recovery

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries - disaster and emergency assistance

• Website: https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/agriculture/disaster-recovery/natural-disaster

Bilingual interpretation services

If you require disaster information in a specific language visit www.qld.gov.au/emergency to browse available resources.