Hazard guides · Incidents and warnings
Queensland incidents and warnings explained
Quick answer
An incident record describes reported activity, such as a fire response or road disruption. An official warning carries the issuing authority's level and instructions. Hazards QLD displays both with their original source details.
Official references and incident sources
- Queensland Fire Department current incidents: Published fire and emergency incident records; check the original record for its scope and timing.
- 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.
- QLDTraffic: The Queensland Government's road information service: closures, crashes, flooding and road hazards.
- Queensland warning framework: How official warnings and their issuing authorities work in Queensland.
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Check the record and its source
- Open a hazard on the map or in the list and read its category, source, timing and any official warning level.
- Open the source link for current details and agency directions.
- Use the Traffic, Fire bans and Planned burns layers for those types of information. Each serves a different purpose from an emergency warning.
- Save a place as a watch zone and choose the official-warning notifications you want.
Different records answer different questions
A fire incident records a reported response. A bushfire warning communicates the issuing authority's warning level and instructions. A planned burn describes scheduled land-management activity. A fire ban describes restrictions for an area. These records must be read in their own context.
Road closures, crashes and flooded-road reports show travel disruptions reported by QLDTraffic. Check QLDTraffic before travelling.
Current hazards and long-term property risk
Current incident and warning information describes published events. Property planning and long-term flood or bushfire risk maps answer different questions. Use the relevant council or planning authority for property-risk information.
The Hazards QLD incident view covers published hazard information. Use the appropriate official service for police incidents, crime reports or emergency dispatch. Coverage depends on the publishers listed on the Sources page.
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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
How are fire incidents different from Emergency Warnings?
Incidents report emergency service activity. Emergency Warnings carry an issuing authority's warning level and instructions.
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