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Drought, Bushfires & Emergencies

Links to useful information on drought and other emergencies, including bushfires, plant and animal disease outbreaks and floods.

There is currently no drought declared in Tasmania, however, the following resources were compiled during the previous Exceptional Circumstances and may be of some use for farmers for general information.

Go to the health section of the FarmPoint website for information for rural and regional communities.

Call 000 in case of emergency.

Call Tasmanian Poisons Information Service on 131 126 (24 hours a day/7 days a week) for information on acute poisoning (accidental or otherwise), bites and stings.


Bushfires

Dealing with bushfires and fire damage.

Drought

Relevant information for Tasmanian including drought relief and exceptional circumstances support.

Other emergencies

Includes information on plant and animal disease outbreaks and floods.
  Links (FarmPoint is not responsible for the content of the websites linked to below. The link does not constitute any form of endorsement.)

Australian Red Cross

Includes a series of seasonal first aid tips to help in the case of accidents and emergencies.

Emergency Management Australia

National leadership in the development of measures to reduce risk to communities and manage the consequences of disasters.

Rural Alive and Well Inc (RAW)

Rural Alive and Well Inc is a not for profit organsiation delivering suicide prevention and community wellbeing services to the Central Highlands, Glamorgan-Spring Bay and Southern Midlands Municipalities in Tasmania.

Spray information and incidents

Includes the contact number for enquiries and complaints about spray drift or other off-target movement of agricultural chemicals.

St John ambulance

St John Ambulance Australia is a self-funding charitable organisation active in all States and Territories, dedicated to helping people in sickness, distress, suffering or danger.

State Emergency Service Tasmania

The SES provides a volunteer response capability for severe storms and floods, road crash rescue, search and rescue/recovery and a range of other general rescue and community support roles.

Tasmania Police

Tasmania Police Officers serve a population nearing half a million people within four geographical districts. In addition to the geographical districts there are five support commands.

Tasmanian Fire Service

The Tasmania Fire Service (TFS), the operational arm of the State Fire Commission, was created in 1979 through the amalgamation of the State Fire Authority, the Rural Fires Board and 22 urban fire brigade boards.