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Hazard alerts for a Queensland address
Quick answer
Save a Queensland address as a watch zone in Hazards QLD, choose bushfire, flood and severe weather alert levels, and enable notifications. Watch the places you care about even while you are elsewhere.
Official sources Hazards QLD shows
- Queensland Fire Department bushfire warnings: Official bushfire warnings, available through the Queensland warnings portal.
- Queensland Government severe weather, flood and cyclone warnings: The state's official warnings service. Hazards QLD keeps each warning's own level, wording and warning area.
- Queensland Emergency Alerts: Official emergency messages for Queensland communities, shown with a link back to the message.
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Set up a place you want to watch
- Open Watch zones and tap Add a location.
- Search for a Queensland address and select a validated result, or use your current location. Choose a radius and a label you recognise.
- Under Alert levels by hazard type, choose Bushfires, Floods and Severe weather settings for the place. Emergency Warning stays enabled; Watch and Act starts on and Advice starts off.
- Allow notifications when prompted and check the app's notification permission in your device settings.
- Open the saved place to check relevant warnings and related road and power-outage information. Follow the original source link for current directions.
Saved places and your current location
A watch zone represents a place you choose, such as home or a family member's town. It remains the saved place when you travel. The map's current-location control centres the map on you; it serves a different purpose from saving a watch zone.
Location permission is used while the app is open. The saved zone and its label are stored with your installation. Address searches use the Queensland Government QldLocator service. The Privacy page explains location, saved places and data controls.
What an address match means
Hazards QLD matches the saved watch zone against warning locations and areas published by official sources. Some warning areas use approximate locality boundaries.
Road events and power outages appear on the map and in saved-place details. Push notifications cover official warnings; checking a place's details gives you additional context.
Manage notification settings
Open a saved place to review its hazard levels, radius and notification preferences. Manage notification permission in your device settings.
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Where to find official emergency directions
- For current official warnings and what to do, check the Queensland Government's warnings page. Queensland Government current warnings
- Emergency services can also send Emergency Alert messages straight to phones in an affected area, whichever apps you use.
- In a life-threatening emergency, call Triple Zero (000) and follow the directions of emergency services.
Questions
Can I watch a family member's town while I am elsewhere?
Yes. Save the town as a watch zone and choose its alert settings. Your watch zone remains in place while you travel.
Which hazards trigger notifications?
Notifications cover official warnings that match a saved watch zone and its alert settings. Road events and power outages appear on the map and in saved-place details.
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