Fire prevention doesn’t have to be complicated. Smoke alarms coupled with a constant focus on safety can protect you and your family from the dangers of fire emergencies. But without us knowing, it’s the most ordinary items that could potentially spark a nasty flame, which could lead to fatal house fires. Here are objects around [...]
Did you know that even just six inches of rapidly flowing waters can take down an adult, 12 inches to topple a small car, and 24 inches to seize a large vehicle? Floods are a powerful force of nature. They are the leading weather-related devastation, killing more than 100 people every year. A majority of those deaths [...]
Queenslander's are still on edge as flood waters from ex-tropical cyclone Debbie continues to rise. Hundreds of residential homes are already affected, but we are yet to see the full impact of this calamity. If it’s flooded, avoid it Once the flood rises to dangerous levels, the safest action is to evacuate to safer ground. [...]
Upsetting and unsettling events, such as cyclone turned tropical storm Debbie, can cause anxiety, distress, and even trauma for your kids. What makes this more alarming than it already is? Your children might carry that trauma years after the disaster is over. If left unaddressed, it can even have permanent effects on their mental and [...]
Although Queenslander's have been through strong cyclones before, monster Cyclone Debbie is not one to ignore. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) forecasts Debbie to be the most destructive cyclone to ever hit Queensland since Yasi in 2011. Just how destructive can this storm be? It is said to bring damaging wind gusts of up to [...]
The Queensland Government have committed to changes bringing the state the most comprehensive smoke alarm legislation in the country. Tragically, in the past 12 years, over 150 people have died in Queensland house fires. Many will remember the horrifying loss of life in 2011 when 11 people died in one house fire. As of January 1, [...]
