{"id":365490,"date":"2025-10-03T21:07:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T11:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=365490"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:51:30","slug":"its-time-to-get-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/10\/03\/its-time-to-get-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time To &#8216;Get Ready&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_365540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365540\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251003getready.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251003getready.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" class=\"size-full wp-image-365540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251003getready.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251003getready-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251003getready-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251003getready-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251003getready-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251003getready-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Johnathan Thurston  is the face of this year&#8217;s Get Ready Queensland campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 3, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Burnett Regional Council has reminded residents that Get Ready Queensland Week will be running from October 6-12 &#8230; a time to take steps to prepare your family and property against disasters.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s theme is &#8220;Weather doesn\u2019t plan, but you can&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Research shows people who are prepared for severe weather recover faster than those who rely solely on outside help.<\/p>\n<p><b>Get Ready Queensland has 3 Steps To Get Ready:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getready.qld.gov.au\/get-prepared\/3-steps-get-ready\/understand-your-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Understand Your Risk<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; The impact of extreme weather is different for everyone. Learn about what can happen where you live and how it could affect your family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getready.qld.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-06\/0845_GRQ%20Household%20Severe%20Weather%20Emergency%20Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make A Plan<\/a><\/b> (2.1Mb PDF) \u2013 Make a household emergency plan so your family knows what to do and who to contact in extreme weather. It only takes a few minutes and will give you peace of mind that your information is in one place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getready.qld.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-12\/GRQ%20Emergency%20Kit%20checklist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pack A Kit<\/strong><\/a> (112kb PDF) \u2013 Grab a few extra items next time you are at the supermarket to make an emergency kit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Get Ready Queensland has also just launched a new<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/getready.qld.gov.au\/plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> online severe weather emergency planning tool<\/a><\/strong> to make it easier for Queenslanders to Get Ready.<\/p>\n<p>The South Burnett Regional Council will be posting messages on their <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/southburnettregion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a><\/strong> about how to get prepared this disaster season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get Ready Queensland Week runs from October 6-12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":365540,"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 - 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