Approved on: 16 September 2020
Firstly we acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Torres Strait Islands, in which the Torres Shire Council and the Torres Strait Island Regional Council administers Local Government responsiblities.
Despite its beautiful surroundings, the Torres Strait Islands is vulnerable to disaster events, both natural and man made. When an event occurs, local govenment has responsibility for managing the impacts within its boundaries. It is therefore important to have joint effective and coordinatored disaster management arrangements in place to ensure that our disaster management systems are capable of addressing the response and recovery for an event.
This Plan sets out the legislated arrangements required under the Queensland Disaster Management Act 2003 and outlines the disaster management system and specifying agreed roles and responsibilities. It also describes how the disaster management system works during an event.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has a new Torres Strait weather and tides page on their website.
http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/torres-strait/index.shtml
You can find more information about disaster management by going to the following website:
http://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx
For reports from real time weather stations at Thursday Island, Bramble Cay and Saibai go to: http://weather.aims.gov.au/#/overview
For real time tidal information go to: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/coasts-waterways/beach/storm-sites/
