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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.

Tasmanian drought assistance measures . 

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.
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Emergency Management Australia

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

Emergency management for communities

The Australian Government provides a range of recovery support and information for people affected by emergencies.

Spray information and incidents

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

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.