Preparations Before a Flood

Things to do well before a flood threat:

£ Create an Emergency Plan for your household (e.g. who to ask for help moving items, how to pack computers, organising entertainment for children, where to store your goods, with whom you could shelter). Use this document to form the basis of your plan

£ Consider creating a Recovery Plan (e.g. who to ask for help cleaning up, who takes photos)

£ Identify where you can source tools for cleanup e.g. portable generator, high pressure cleaner

£ Register with the Emergency Services and Brisbane City Council for mobile phone alerts, in particular consider registering with the Early Warning Network (www.ewn.com.au)

£ Identify where to go if told to evacuate

£ Take ‘Before’ photos for insurance purposes

£ If possible, bag and remove chemicals, pesticides, car oils and petrol cans from flood areas

£ Ensure your pontoon is marked clearly with your street ID for reclamation later on

£ Get updated on Tetanus injections

£ Be aware that landline phones will not work without power

£ Create an Emergency Kit for your household. For more details, please see the Section on Flood    Emergency Kit.

£ Gather important documents to take with you (or have them pre-scanned onto a portable hard drive and/or burnt onto a CD or DVD). An example of documents to take or have scanned, but not limited to...

Prescriptions	House Deeds & Mortgage Documents
Passports & ID Documents (Licence, Accreditations)	‘Before’ photos
Emergency Phone Numbers (Doctors, Flood Assist)	Stocks and Bonds
Contact Numbers (work, family, friends)	Car Registration
Birth & Marriage Certificates	Medicare and Pension Cards
Qualification Certificates (Degree, Diploma)	Backup of Important Computer Files
Banking & Financial Papers	Bank Account Numbers & PINs
Insurance Certificates	Tax File Numbers
Computer Log-In Information and Passwords	Will

Store in a water/dust proof container