Kiama Council has begun a three month trial of a new online portal developed by Resilience NSW, designed to make it easier for residents to prepare for and respond to emergencies.

The Disaster Dashboard combines real-time information from a range of emergency services all in one place, to help residents stay safe and receive live updates on fires, floods, road closures, beach conditions and storm warnings. It has already been adopted by more than 40 other NSW councils.

On the new website dashboard, residents can track data on:

• Fires and floods
• Road and bridge conditions
• Water, power, gas and mobile network outages
• Shark sightings and beach conditions
• Air and water quality
• Storms and weather warnings
• COVID-19 cases, local restrictions and vaccination clinics.

The dashboard also includes short and sharp guidance on how to prepare for emergencies and where to find support after disaster has struck.

View the Disaster Dashboard for the Kiama Municipality: https://emergency.kiama.nsw.gov.au

Council is interested in feedback from users.