Public Health disaster management fact sheets

Publication and resources

• Asbestos and fire damaged buildingsPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance in the presence of asbestos in fire damaged buildings.

• Black flies – a public health risk after a floodPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance on black flies after a flood or heavy rain.

• Bushfire fighting water additives and health PDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance to stay safe.

• Bushfires and swimming poolsPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance about swimming pools after a bushfire.

• Bushfires - staying safe during clean upPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance to stay safe during the clean up after a bush fire.

• Bushfires - staying safe and healthy in smoky ...PDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance to stay safe and healthy in the presence of smoky conditions during bushfires.

• Bushfire and roof-harvested rainwaterPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance about roof-harvested rainwater in the event of bushfires.

• Caring for children in heatPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance when caring for babies and young children in heat.

• Disease prevention - PPE disposalPDF Popular

  Disease prevention can be reduced through the appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE) fact sheet.

• Drawing from bushfire-impacted watersPDF

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance about drawing from bushfire-impacted waters.

• Ensuring safe drinking waterPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance to ensure adequate supplies of safe drinking water during and immediately after a disaster.

• Food safety in an emergencyPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance on household food which may have been affected by a power cut or contaminated floodwater.

• Health Advice for Emergency Response WorkersPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance to stay safe and healthy when undertaking emergency response work.

• Heat-related illnessPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance on heat-related illness.

• Human health and animal carcass disposalPDF Popular

  The disposal of large numbers of animal carcasses following a natural disaster, such as a flood, could have effects on human health.

• Mosquito – controlling breeding after floods, ...PDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance to control mosquito breeding after floods, storms and cyclones.

• Mosquito-borne diseases after a storm, flood ...PDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance on mosquito-borne diseases after a storm, flood or cyclone.

• Mould - Dealing with mould after a storm, ...PDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance on how to deal with mould after a storm, flood or cyclone.

• Playgrounds - Use of playgrounds and sporting ...PDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance about the use of playgrounds and sporting fields during flood recovery.

• Rainwater tanks affected by natural disastersPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance to restore rainwater tanks affected by natural disasters.

• Restoring flood-affected domestic swimming and ...PDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance when restoring flood-affected domestic swimming and spa pools.

• Returning to a disaster-affected house or buildingPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance when entering a workplace or other building affected by a disaster such as a storm, cyclone or flood.

• Stay safe and healthy after storms, cyclones ...PDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance to stay safe and healthy after storms, flood and cyclones.

• Staying healthy in the heatPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance on staying healthy in the heat.

• Use or disposal of medicines after a disasterPDF Popular

  Fact sheet intended for the general public to provide advice and guidance on medicines and poisons that may be damaged or unsafe due to storms, floods or cyclones.