Tag: disaster preparedness
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Ready for the wet?
With the wet season making a soggy start in Queensland, it’s a good time for museums around the state to review your disaster preparations. Many of these steps can also be applied to caring for your collections at home. Usually this should involve: Your disaster bin should be located in an…
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Cyclone Preparation
With the first low developing it is a good time to enact your cyclone preparedness plans. Usually this should involve: Your disaster bin should be located in an area that is readily accessible and should have a list, kept with the bin, stating what the contents are. It is important to…
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Cyclone Season and Preparation
With the first low developing in the Coral Sea it is a good time to enact your cyclone preparedness plans. Usually this should involve: checking that all volunteers and local council staff are aware and have read the cyclone preparedness plan, and understand what need to be done if a cyclone watch…
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Follow up from Cyclone Nathan, FNQ
After two weeks of watching and waiting as Cyclone Nathan carved an erratic path back and forth across the Coral Sea, it finally passed over the FNQ coast on Friday/Saturday between Cape Flattery and Cape Melville. This more northerly crossing meant that the museums in Cooktown were spared the worst…
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Museums and Marcia
While communities in the Livingstone and Rockhampton Regional Council areas are still recovering from the effects of Tropical Cyclone Marcia, Lydia (MDO for Southern Inland Queensland) and I have been visiting museums in affected communities to offer collections care advice and assistance. The rapid increase of Marcia from a relatively…
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MDO’s in Coen post Cyclone Ita
Almost a month after Cyclone Ita threatened communities along the Far North Queensland coast, it is great to see museums in the Cook Shire back in business and getting ready for the tourist season. The museums and collecting groups in the region did a great job with their disaster preparedness…
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QUEENSLAND MUSEUM CYCLONE ITA PREPARATIONS
As Cyclone Ita has gathered strength in the Coral Sea, the MDO for Far North Queensland based in Cairns, Dr Jo Wills, has been liaising with groups across the far north region to provide advice and assistance as they prepare for its arrival. Due to the uncertain path of the…
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Disaster Recovery
As well as seeking advice from your local Museum Development Officer, you can also find useful information from the following organisation’s websites. Please check this blog regularly as we are updating a few areas that will be useful to you if you need assistance with your collections. Australian Institute for the…
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Blue Shield Australia Disaster Recovery Workshop – Townsville
Don’t forget tomorrow is the last day to RSVP for the Blue Shield Australia Disaster Recovery Workshop being held at the Museum of Tropical Queensland (Qld Museum) in Townsville on May 16. This is the only workshop being held in Queensland so if you are able to attend please RSVP…
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