Why make a plan?

Natural hazards such as cyclone, severe storms, bushfires and flood are an inevitable part of Queensland's climate. You can't afford to ignore these hazards.

Your Harden Up plan enables you to prepare for, survive, and minimise the impact from natural hazards. Besides the major benefit of providing guidance during an emergency, developing a plan will help you identify local hazards and bring to light problems you hadn't considered.

A few hours spent working through simple planning tasks with your household, putting aside supplies and securing your home could mean the difference between life and death. The main aim of your plan is to prevent fatalities and injuries, reduce loss and damages to property and assets, and get everyone and everything back to normal as soon as possible.

Families, households and communities who are well prepared, and have a Harden Up plan, cope with emergencies better, know how to respond, and recover more quickly.