Emergency Guide

The following information is provided by the Whitsunday Disaster Management Group for residents of the Whitsunday Region.

Find out what to do and who to call in an emergency anywhere in the Whitsunday region. Our emergency guide covers a number of natural disaster scenarios and includes official action-plan information from the Whitsunday Regional Council.

Disaster Types

Find out more about the following scenarios here, or download the Whitsunday Regional Council's Emergency Action Guide as one printable document.

Cyclone Storm Tide Bushfire

Getting Information During a Disaster

Whitsunday Disaster Coordination Centre Activation

The Whitsunday Disaster Coordination Centre will be activated and manned by emergency agencies and council staff to coordinate resources responding to a disaster event, such as a cyclone, flood, or bush fire.

The centre may not necessarily be activated prior to the impact of the event, but will be activated following the event.

The area for which the Whitsunday Disaster Coordination Centre is responsible includes the Whitsunday Regional Council area.

Advice will be communicated to residents when the centre is operational via available sources such as local radio, Council’s website and the Whitsunday Disaster and Emergency Information Facebook page.

Persons requiring assistance following an event should contact the centre and provide information as requested by the telephone operator.

Whitsunday Disaster Coordination Centre
tel: 1300 972 006

 

Other Official Contacts and Advice

Whitsunday Council Disaster Dashboard
disaster.whitsundayrc.qld.gov.au
See emergency information such as road closures, official announcements, power outages, floods and evacuation routes in one place.
Whitsunday Council Disaster and Information Facebook Page
www.facebook.com/WhitsundayDisasterandEmergencyInformation
Whitsunday Council Disaster Management Pages
www.whitsundayrc.qld.gov.au/our-council/disaster-and-emergency
Queensland Disaster Alerts
www.qld.gov.au/alerts
State Emergency Service
www.ses.qld.gov.au
tel: 132 500
SES assistance is provided for non-life threatening emergency situations during floods, storms or other similar events (for all life threatening emergencies call 000 or 112). SES volunteers can undertake temporary emergency measures to make your home and the situation safe.

 

Public Announcements During an Emergency

Advice from the Disaster Coordination Centre to the public prior to, during and following an event will be provided by at least the following radio stations:

Bowen

  • ABC Local Radio 630 AM
  • GEM FM 95.1 FM
  • 4TO FM 98.3 FM
  • Hot FM 107.9 FM
  • Island FM 88 FM

Collinsville

  • ABC Local Radio 106.1 FM
  • Island FM 88 FM

Proserpine

  • Sea FM 98.7 FM
  • Hot FM 100.3 FM
  • ABC Local Radio 101.1 FM
  • Island FM 88 FM

Airlie Beach

  • ABC Local Radio 89.9 FM
  • Star 101.9 90.7 FM
  • 4MK FM 91.5 FM
  • Sea FM 92.3 FM
  • Hot FM 94.7 FM
  • Island FM 88 FM

Hamilton Island

  • Island FM 88 FM

Be Prepared: Have a Portable Radio

Normal radio, telephone and internet communications may be disrupted during a disaster, so it is important to have a working transistor radio with a fresh supply of batteries in your home, and ensure all family members know where it is.