Australia
Australia — Red Cross & state SES
Australian Red Cross and state emergency services ask households to pack for disruptions such as storms, floods, and bushfires. Build gradually — no need to clear a shelf tonight.
One calm step today: pack a torch, radio, and enough drinking water for your household, then check your state’s SES / Get Ready kit list for local hazards.
Official advice
- Australian Red Cross — Emergencies
- Red Cross — packing / prepare
- Queensland SES — pack your emergency kit
- Get Ready QLD — emergency kit
Water
National Red Cross packing: asks for enough safe drinking water for your family but does not state a litres figure — marked to confirm nationally.
State figure found (QLD): Queensland SES / Get Ready QLD ask for 10 litres per person for three days (≈ 3.3 L/day) for drinking. That is a state SES figure, not a national Red Cross number. Kit builder uses 3 L/day as a planning aid only until a national Red Cross litres figure appears. Metric.
Emergency numbers
- 000 — police, fire, ambulance (primary)
- 112 — also works from mobiles for emergencies
Outage maps (distributors)
- Ausgrid (Sydney / Hunter / Central Coast)
- Endeavour Energy
- Essential Energy
- AusNet Services (Victoria)
- CitiPower / Powercor
- Jemena
- United Energy outage map
- Energex (SEQ)
- Ergon Energy (regional QLD)
- SA Power Networks
- Western Power (WA)
- TasNetworks
- Evoenergy (ACT)
Shopping note
Kit items are often bought at Amazon.com.au or a local retailer. Affiliate tags are not wired on this draft — plain text only.
Spelling / units
Australian English (colour, metre). Use torch. Metric.
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