Check your neighbours 6 What can I do? Help your neighbours • Get to know your neighbours. Think about • Help to evaluate and prepare the home for an people in your neighbourhood who may need emergency by: your help, for example: • Helping them prepare a household • older people living by themselves, emergency plan (fact sheet 1), Prepare your household with • people with physical or sensory • Helping prepare an emergency kit all nine fact sheets: disabilities, (fact sheet 3), 1 Prepare your emergency plan • people with a chronic illness or with • Helping prepare an emergency plan 2 Prepare for evacuation a mental illness, for pets or assistance dogs (fact sheet 7), 3 Prepare your emergency kit • single parents with young children, 4 Prepare your home • large families, • Assist in identifying and obtaining resources 5 Tune into warnings • people newly arrived, including needed to cope effectively with an 6 Check your neighbours tourists, refugees or immigrants. emergency. 7 Pet emergency plan • Talk to your neighbours to identify those who • Assist moving furniture and valuables out of 8 Prepare your car may need assistance – remember that many the way of flood water. 9 Prepare your business people value their privacy. • Provide information about what is Available in more than • Make a list of tasks neighbours can help each happening. 20 languages online at: other with. Does anyone have special skills, disaster.qld.gov.au • Help to secure a property prior to a cyclone or such as: medical, technical, trade? storm. • Plan how the neighbourhood could work Fact sheet • Provide a place to shelter while an together after a disaster. emergency occurs. • Organise a community working bee – it’s a • Help in the clean up after a disaster. great way to get to know your neighbours. • Sit down with your neighbours and have Examples of ways in which you may be able to 6Getting to know your a cup of tea and chat about what has help others: neighbours is an important happened. • Bill has a sensory disability and needs part of preparing your someone to let him know when weather Complete your neighbours’ details on the other household. warnings are issued and cancelled. side of this page, and help them complete a fact sheet of information for themselves if needed. Neighbours can help each • Joan is unable to lift heavy objects other in many ways and can and will need help to raise her furniture include people in your street when flooding is imminent. or community. • If the power is disrupted, Jack will need Don’t be caught out during assistance to prepare meals and to an emergency – make contact his family. time to get to know your • Sally is in a wheelchair and will need neighbours and their needs assistance to secure loose items before an emergency around her property. situation occurs. There may be people who Important telephone numbers could need more help Police, Fire and Ambulance (only call if you believe Emergencies: 000 Triple Zero than others in the case of the emergency is life threatening, critical or serious) (112 from a mobile) an emergency – help that State Emergency Service (SES) 132 500 often can be provided by neighbours. LocalIpswich council City Council (07) 3810 6666 RSPCA 1300 363 736 to report a lost or found animal
1300 a n i m a l Help for injured or trapped native animals 1300 264 625
This brochure is for information only and is provided in good faith. The Queensland Government is under no liability to any person in respect of any loss or damage (including consequential loss or damage) which may be suffered or incurred, or which may arise directly or indirectly, in respect of reliance by any person on the information contained in this brochure. Check your neighbours 6 Key information tables below can be completed for neighbours on your left and right, opposite you across the street, or behind you at the rear of your property.
Neighbour TO MY LEFT Neighbour TO MY RIGHT House number House number
Family surname Family surname Emergencies Family members Family members Police, Fire and Ambulance Phone 000 Triple Zero (112 from mobile) State Emergency Service (SES) Phone 132 500 Pets (type / names) Pets (type / names)
Phone numbers Phone numbers
RSPCA Emergency contact Emergency contact Phone 1300 a n i m a l phone numbers phone numbers 1300 264 625 Phone 1300 363 736 Email address Email address to report a lost or found animal
Notes Notes (such as: assistance (such as: assistance required?) required?)
Neighbour in front, OPPOSITE Neighbour behind, AT REAR House number House number
Notes Family surname Family surname
Family members Family members
Pets (type / names) Pets (type / names)
Phone numbers Phone numbers
Emergency contact Emergency contact phone numbers phone numbers
Email address Email address
Notes Notes (such as: assistance (such as: assistance Local radio station required?) required?) ABC 612 AM River 94.9 FM