Local service outages & alerts
Visit our City Alerts page for information on the following types outages and alerts:
- Water and sewerage outages
- Local road closures
- Beach closures
- Recreational water quality alerts
- Bushfire hazard reduction burns
- Mosquito and midge control activities
Visit City Alerts
Sports field closures
For details of sports field closures due to wet weather or renovations, visit our Sports field closures page.
City Dashboard
While the Gold Coast is renowned for its sunny weather, the city is still vulnerable to severe floods, storms, bushfires, cyclones and heat waves. The best defence in any natural disaster is to be prepared.
Receive notifications about potentially dangerous situations like flooding and bushfires in your local area – sign up for free below:
SUBSCRIBE TO GOLD COAST ALERTS ON THE CITY DASHBOARD
Use the City Dashboard to stay informed and connect with real time alerts before, during and after disaster events. This includes road closures, power outages and weather warnings.
Get Ready
Being prepared can help safeguard your family, pets and property against severe storms, cyclones, floods and bushfires. Discover practical ways to prepare for a disaster, including:
- making an emergency kit and evacuation plan
- how to protect your home, pets and business
- where to find sandbags
- useful tips on preparing for the different types of natural disaster events the Gold Coast may experience.
Visit Get Ready
During & after a disaster
Whatever the disaster, you need to tune in – log on – listen – and act. Find out what to do, including who to contact for help, during a disaster.
We work with State and Federal emergency teams and the community to prepare for severe weather events and other emergencies. Read more about how we do this – visit Disaster coordination.
Learn how we work closely with our partners to coordinate recovery efforts after a disaster event – visit Disaster recovery.
Be prepared education
We help Gold Coast community groups and organisations prepare for future disasters. Our sessions help residents understand how to take steps at home and within their community to become safer and more resilient.
We offer:
Workshops
Topics
- Build a locally lead Community Disaster Plan
- Disaster and emergency management: Prevention, preparedness, response and recovery
- Exercise your Local Community Disaster Action Plan with a range of scenarios and community lead discussion
- Person-centred emergency preparedness for high needs sector and clients
Duration: 1.5 to 3 hours
Presentations
Topics
- Understand your risks and the City of Gold Coast Disaster Dashboard
- Build an emergency kit and prepare your home
- Customised to suit audiences based on vulnerability and need
Duration: 10 to 50 minutes
Information stands
Face to face education at community events with useful tools and resources to support disaster preparedness
Early primary school resources
Birdie’s Tree: aimed at Prep to Year 2 students, Birdie’s Tree is an award-winning set of storybooks, videos and resources to help children and families going through natural disasters and disruptive events.
Duration: 30 minutes
The sessions motivate, build confidence and encourage behaviour change. Together, we can build a more resilient Gold Coast community.
Complete the following form to express your interest in one of our education sessions.
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