Natural disasters and alerts

This section will give you information the hazards you may face and the precautions you should take during and after a natural disaster.

 

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• After a bushfire – hazards on your property
• Burying dead animals
• Damaged chemicals, poison and pesticides
• Emergency treatment of drinking water supplies
• Cleaning up after a bushfire
• Hazards after a flood
• Fire damaged asbestos
• Fire damaged on-site wastewater systems
• Flood damaged on site wastewater systems
• Prepare for a heatwave
• Recovering after the flood – clean-up for householders
• P1 and P2 face masks
• Rainwater tank contamination
• Recreational waters and fishing after a flood
• Smoke hazards from bushfires
• Cleaning-up ash from CCA treated timber
• Swimming pool contamination