AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY EMERGENCY CONTACTS
Key contact numbers in an emergency
In a life threatening emergency, call 000
Bush fire - 13 2281 (Emergency Services Agency (ACT) information line)
Cyclone - 132 500 (SES)
Flood - 132 500 (SES)
Strom - 132 500 (SES)
Tornado - 132 500 (SES)
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY EMERGENCY CONTACTS
Key contact numbers in an emergency
In a life threatening emergency, CALL 000
Bush fire - 13 2281 (Emergency Services Agency (ACT) information line)
Cyclone - 132 500 (SES)
Flood - 132 500 (SES)
Strom - 132 500 (SES)
Tornado - 132 500 (SES)
Traffic information and road closures - www.tams.act.gov.au
ACT Police 131 444
More information on Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services can be found here:
http://www.act.gov.au/browse/about-the-act/act-emergency-information/act-emergency-services
Likely sources of information about a natural disaster will be:
WEBSITE
ACT Emergency Services Agency website (online): http://esa.act.gov.au/
ABC Emergency Warnings: http://www.abc.net.au/news/emergency/state/nsw/
Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter - in particular thse that belong to emergency services organisations
ACT Emergency Services Agency's Twitter page: https://twitter.com/ACT_ESA
ABC Emergency: https://twitter.com/ABCemergency
ACT Emergecny Services Agency's Facebook page :https://www.facebook.com/actemergencyservicesagency
LOCAL RADIO
666 AM, ABC Canberra
103.9 FM, ABC News Radio
846 AM, ABC Radio National
TV
Emergency Alert messages to your mobile phone or landline
Your neighbours and other people in the community