HORNSBY Shire Council is trialling a new online portal to help residents stay safe and receive live updates about any threat to the community – from local COVID-19 outbreaks, to violent storms, to bushfires, to power outages.
Council’s online ‘Disaster Dashboard’ combines real-time information all in one place from a range of emergency services including:
- NSW Rural Fire Service
- The Bureau of Meteorology
- Transport for NSW
- NSW State Emergency Service, and
- The NSW Ministry of Health.
“Council’s new ’Disaster Dashboard’ makes it easier than ever for residents to prepare for – and respond to – emergencies,” said Hornsby Shire Council General Manager, Steven Head.
“A string of recent events – from severe bushfires and heavy flooding, all followed by the COVID pandemic – has put many communities across Australia, including Hornsby Shire, on high alert.
Using the new dashboard, residents can track data on:
- Fires and floods
- Storms and weather warnings
- Road and bridge conditions (under state agency control)
- Water, power, gas and mobile network outages
- Air and water quality
- COVID-19 cases, local restrictions and vaccination clinics
The dashboard provides short and sharp guidance on how to prepare for emergencies and where to find support after disaster has struck.
The ‘Disaster Dashboard‘ has been made available through the Regional Disaster Preparedness Pilot project, undertaken by Resilience NSW, to ensure local communities are better equipped to manage critical incidents.
Residents can visit Hornsby Shire’s ‘Disaster Dashboard’ and bookmark the page at www.hornsby.disasterdashboards.com