Understand your risk

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Before you plan or prepare your property or business, it is important to understand the risks. Knowing what hazards could affect you helps you take steps to reduce the impact. As your risk may change over time, it’s important to review it yearly.

How well do you know the disasters that can impact City of Moreton Bay? Understanding your local natural hazards is the first step to being prepared.

Natural hazards can include:

floods
bushfires
severe storms
heatwaves
coastal threats.

Knowing which hazards are most likely to affect you can help you make informed decision before, during and after an emergency.

The first column lists the resource. The second column lists descriptions of what the resource can be used for.

Resource	Description
Understanding hazards	Learn about the risks that may affect your home or community and how to reduce their impact.
My property look up	Use My property look up tool to check your risk for floods, bushfires and other natural hazards. Open the interactive map and filter the layers to assess your risk. Some layers will only appear after you zoom out on the map.

Resource

Description

Understanding hazards

Learn about the risks that may affect your home or community and how to reduce their impact.

My property look up

Use My property look up tool to check your risk for floods, bushfires and other natural hazards.

Open the interactive map and filter the layers to assess your risk.

Some layers will only appear after you zoom out on the map.

Step 2: Understand your flood risk

Flooding can impact properties in different ways. It can cause direct damage to your home or land, or indirect impacts such as roads being cut off by rising water. In some cases, both can occur.

The first column lists the resource. The second column lists descriptions of what the resource can be used for.

Resource	Description
Flood Check Property Report	Learn about the potential risk of flood, overland flow, tidal inundation and storm tide for your property and business.
Flood Viewer	Understand the impacts of floods in your neighbourhood and plan your evacuation routes.
Flood Viewer User Guide	Follow this guide to get the most out of the Flood Viewer.
Flood Hazard and Risk Report	Further understand your flood risk in City of Moreton Bay.

Step 3: Understand your bushfire risk

Bushfire risk can impact anywhere in City of Moreton Bay and have devastating effects on the communities and environment. During a bushfire, embers can travel up to 40 kilometres ahead of a fire front in extreme conditions.

The first column lists the resource. The second column lists descriptions of what the resource can be used for.

Resource	Description
Bushfire Postcode Checker	Understand the bushfire risk for your neighbourhood and property.

Stay informed

You won’t be able to put your plans and preparation in action without knowing where to find your local emergency warnings.

Learn about warnings and alerts so you can stay informed about hazards in your area. Understand what these warnings mean and what actions to take to stay safe during a disaster. For more information, visit stay informed.

Stay up to date with local situation and warnings on Disaster Dashboard.