Natural disasters and severe weather events

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• Before an event
  • Household evacuation kit
  • Household emergency kit
  • Emergency pantry list for Queensland households
  • Food for infants in emergencies
  • Emergency pantry list for breastfed infants
  • Emergency pantry list for formula-fed infants
  • Preparing infant formula in an emergency
• During an event
• Storms cyclones and flood
  • After an event - stay safe during clean-up
  • Stay safe and healthy during storm floods cyclones
  • Returning to a disaster affected house or building
  • Dealing with mould after a storm, flood or cyclone
  • Cleaning and/or removing asbestos materials
  • Ensuring safe drinking water
  • Restoring rainwater tanks affected by disasters
  • Food safety in an emergency
  • Mosquito-borne diseases after a storm/flood
  • Controlling mosquito breeding after floods
  • Black flies-a public health risk after a flood
  • Use and disposal of drugs/poisons after a disaster
  • Accessing PDS subsidised medicines
  • Health advise for emergency response workers
• Bushfire
  • During and after a fire - stay safe and healthy
  • Bushfire staying safe and healthy
  • Bushfire staying safe during clean up
  • Asbestos and fire damaged buildings
  • Bushfires and roof harvested rainwater
• Heat event
  • Before and during a heat event
  • Stay healthy in the heat
  • Heat-related illness
  • Prevent heat related illness - babies and children
  • Prevent heat related illness - seniors
• Evacuation centre resources
• Queensland public health units
• Toolbox

Recovering from an event

There are many situations that pose significant health risks during the recovery period after a natural disaster event or extreme weather event. Queensland Health has prepared information to help you stay safe and healthy during this time.

Storms, cyclones and flood recovery stay safe during clean up preventing illness from water preventing illness from food preventing illness from mosquitoes and black flies medicines emergency response workers

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Bushfire staying safe in smoky conditions staying safe during clean up asbestos and fire damaged buildings tanks and roof-harvested rainwater

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Heat staying healthy in the heat

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Coping in times of crisis - resources to help you recover looking after yourself in times of crisis

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