PART 6: RESPONSE | City of Logan, Disaster Dashboard |
handouts, which, if required, will be made available in languages other than English through translation services ■ establish radio communications with and within the LDCC ■ broadcast warnings and alerts by radio (commercial and ABC). The process for the notification and dissemination of warning products is not a function dependent on the activation of the Logan City LDMG, rather it should be the automatic responsibility of Logan City LDMG members regardless of the status of activation. It is each organisation’s responsibility to disseminate its own warnings as per organisational Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Warning Notification and Dissemination In the event of a potential emergency or disaster situation, a warning may be issued by any agency that maintains monitoring devices, including the Bureau of Meteorology (weather warnings only), Council, QPS, and/or any of the emergency services. The Chair of the Logan City Local Disaster Management Group, or delegate, is responsible for the dissemination of public warnings and information and is the official source of public and media information. The release of public information during an event for aspects such as road closures, power outages, and evacuation centres will be coordinated through the LDCC. Information and warnings are provided to the community via a number of communication channels. If power is available: ■ broadcast warnings and alerts will be issued by radio (ABC612, River FM 94.9FM, Rebel FM, 4EB), electronic media (social, website and Council’s Disaster Dashboard), public commercial and pay television services, and media releases. If general power is disrupted along with telecommunication: ■ maintain communications within Council and with external agencies through the LDCC ■ manually distribute information brochures and
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Public Warning Systems The Logan City LDMG is responsible for ensuring the community is aware of ways to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from a disaster. This involves raising awareness of identified threats and the means by which the public should respond at an individual and/or household level and may include warnings and directions. Logan Early Warning provides the community with free early warning alerts for potentially dangerous weather, bushfires and flood notifications within the city. Other alerts or warnings such as those delivered through the use of Standard Emergency Warning System or the national Emergency Alert (EA) telephone and SMS messaging system will be used to support and reinforce the warning messages provided through broadcast media.
Flood Warnings The BoM issue flood watch and flood warnings as part of their Service Level Specification (SLS). The flood warning service provides different publicly available information, based on the level of impact anticipated by the BoM. The SLS applies where typical rain-to-flood times are six hours or more – this typically does not cover stormwater network flooding or creek flooding. An alert, watch or advice of possible flooding is issued if flood-producing rain is expected to result
