Last updated: January 2021
We update this page each year with free bushfire, smoke and heatwaves resources for safety and wellbeing of our learning communities.
What DoE sites are currently closed?
Current fires and fire forecasts
Current Road Closures
Smoke & Air Quality
- Planned Burns – Location
- About air quality (Dept. of Health)
- Current Public Health Alerts (Dept. of Health)
Heatwaves
BEFORE: Getting Ready for Bushfires or Heatwaves
Bushfire resources
- Bushfire Ready Neighbourhoods (TFS)
- Bushfire Survival plan templates and guides (TFS)
- Rainwater Tank Safety (TasALERT)
All emergencies
- Red Cross – family emergency planning and tools
- TAS SES emergency kit and plan template
- Trauma Toolkit for Parents (Emerging Minds)
AFTER BUSHFIRES Emergency Affected Families: Looking after your children & yourselves
- Info Sheets for emergency affected families
- Bushfires & mental health (Beyond Blue)
- Support ideas for children including a mental health checklist (Beyond Blue)
- Services (all ages) (Beyond Blue)
- General bushfire related info sheets for families (TasALERT)
Guidance for health and wellbeing (trauma impacts), returning home after bushfires, animal welfare, legal matters, emergency family assistance
BEFORE – Getting Ready for Bushfires or Heatwaves
For Teachers – Learning
All emergencies preparedness – resources and case studies K-12
- AIDR (Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience)
- Red Cross
- Trauma Toolkit for Teachers (Emerging Minds)
For Principals and Senior Staff – Bushfire Planning
For school staff – Free apps for your mobile phones
Download these free apps to your mobile device/s from your app store (Apple – ‘App Store’; Android – ‘Google Play’):
BEFORE: Getting Ready for Bushfires or Heatwaves
Bushfire resources
- Bushfire Ready Neighbourhoods (TFS)
- Bushfire Survival plan templates and guides (TFS)
- Rainwater Tank Safety (TasALERT)
All emergencies
AFTER BUSHFIRES Emergency Affected Families: trauma and looking after yourself
‘BEFORE’ – Getting Ready for Bushfires or Heatwaves
For early learning and childcare
A reminder for all early learning and child care services, there is assistance available to families and providers in various types of potential emergencies and natural disasters, like bushfires or floods.