Bushfire & Heatwave

What DoE sites are currently closed?

Current fires and fire forecasts

• TFS Bushfire Alerts
• Radio – ABC
• Fire Danger Rating Forecasts (TFS)

Current Road Closures

• List of affected roads (Tasmania Police)
• Map showing affected roads (TasALERT)

Smoke & Air Quality

• Planned Burns – Location
• About air quality (Dept. of Health)
• Current Public Health Alerts (Dept. of Health)

Heatwaves

• Dept. of Health – Extreme Heat
• Bureau of Meteorology’s Heatwave Service

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

• Bushfire preparedness – For years 5-8 (TFS 5 lesson resource package)

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

• DoE schools only (DoE intranet)
• Other Schools (TFS)

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’):

• DoE Emergency procedures (DoE staff only)
  How to download the DoE Emergency App
• BoM for weather forecasts including fire danger ratings

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

AFTER BUSHFIRES Emergency Affected Families: trauma and looking after yourself

• Individuals Info Sheet (TasALERT)
• Bushfires & mental health (Beyond Blue)

‘BEFORE’ – Getting Ready for Bushfires or Heatwaves

• Trauma Toolkit for Educators (Emerging Minds)

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.

• Early learning and childcare factsheet