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Sources
Hazards QLD brings Queensland bushfire, flood, storm, road and power-outage information together in one map and list. Each record identifies its publisher and links to the source.
Publishers
Hazards QLD displays information from the following publishers:
- Queensland Fire Department: Bushfire warnings, current fire and emergency incidents, and local fire bans. Read the guide.
- Queensland Government: Severe weather, flood and tropical cyclone warnings. Read the guide.
- Queensland Emergency Alerts: Official emergency messages for Queensland communities.
- Bureau of Meteorology: Flood, severe weather and tsunami warnings, and fire danger ratings.
- QLDTraffic: Road closures, crashes, flooded roads and road hazards. Read the guide.
- Brisbane City Council: Planned hazard reduction burns in the Brisbane area.
- Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service: Planned burns across national parks and state forests.
- Energex and Ergon Energy: Current power outages in South East Queensland and regional Queensland. Read the guide.
Licences and attribution
Each publisher's material is used under its own terms. Where a publisher licenses it under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, that is stated; otherwise the publisher's copyright notice applies.
- Queensland Fire Department: © State of Queensland (Queensland Fire Department). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Queensland Government: © State of Queensland. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- QLDTraffic: © State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Bureau of Meteorology: © Bureau of Meteorology.
- Brisbane City Council: © Brisbane City Council. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service: © State of Queensland (Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Energex: © Energex Limited.
- Ergon Energy: © Ergon Energy Corporation Limited.
- Queensland Government water monitoring: © State of Queensland (Department of Local Government, Water and Volunteers). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Queensland Government (QSpatial): © State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Queensland Government (QSpatial) drainage basins: © State of Queensland (Department of Resources). Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
For warnings without a published map boundary, Hazards QLD uses Queensland locality and local government boundaries to display an approximate affected area.
River heights are automatic, unverified readings. Queensland Government disclaimer.
Hazards QLD is independently operated; attribution does not imply publisher endorsement.
Safety
In a life-threatening emergency, call Triple Zero (000) and follow official emergency-service directions.