{"id":282595,"date":"2020-10-27T16:52:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T06:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=282595"},"modified":"2020-10-28T14:37:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T04:37:41","slug":"council-says-be-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/10\/27\/council-says-be-prepared\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Says: Be Prepared!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_282598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282598\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027storm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-282598\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027storm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027storm.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027storm-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027storm-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027storm-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027storm-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20201027storm-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-282598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Storm clouds over Kingaroy on Tuesday afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 27, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Burnett Regional Council has reminded residents to &#8220;be prepared&#8221; now the storm season has arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Council provided the following advice this week for residents to prepare for emergencies.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getready.qld.gov.au\/get-prepared\/3-steps-get-ready\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 Steps To Get Ready<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step 1: <\/strong>Make an emergency plan &#8211;\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getready.qld.gov.au\/plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emergency Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step 2: <\/strong>Have an emergency kit and supplies &#8211;<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.getready.qld.gov.au\/get-prepared\/3-steps-get-ready\/step-2-pack-your-emergency-kit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emergency Kit<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step 3: <\/strong>Make sure you are adequately insured &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getready.qld.gov.au\/get-prepared\/3-steps-get-ready\/step-3-make-sure-youre-covered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insurance<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For information on developing emergency plans, visit the Get Ready Queensland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getready.qld.gov.au\/get-prepared\/3-steps-get-ready\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C3jp1a_5olY\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Useful websites and contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Burnett Regional Council\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dashboard.southburnett.qld.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disaster Dashboard<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(see YouTube video, above, explaining how the Dashboard works)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bureau of Meteorology\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bom.gov.au\/qld\/warnings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weather warnings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qfes.qld.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bushfire warnings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In a life-threatening emergency, call Triple Zero (000) immediately<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>For storm and flood-related assistance, contact the State Emergency Service (SES) on 13-25-00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>And don\u2019t forget, \u201cIf It\u2019s Flooded, Forget It!\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>[UPDATED]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Burnett Regional Council has reminded residents to &#8220;be prepared&#8221; now the storm season has arrived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":282598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Council Says: Be Prepared! 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