Emergencies can happen when you least expect it.

In an emergency make sure you call Triple Zero 000 if there are people injured or a threat to life.

• Triple Zero 000 is a free call from any phone in Australia even a phone box or disconnected mobile phone.
• 112 – This number will only work from certain mobile phones and is NOT available from fixed lines or payphones. Ring Triple Zero 000
• 106 connects to the text based relay service for people who are deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment.  It will NOT work on fixed line phones.

Information on Triple Zero 000 (new window)

Emergency Management arrangements in the Shoalhaven Local Government Area are defined by the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 (SERM Act) as “an actual or imminent occurrence such as fire, flood, storm, earthquake, explosion, terrorist act, accident, epidemic or warlike action which 

• Endangers or threatens to endanger the safety or health of persons or animals in the State or
• Destroys or damages or threatens to destroy or damage property in the State which requires a significant and coordinated response".

This also includes an emergency which damages or threatens to damage the environment.

Shoalhaven City Council is part of the Local Emergency Management Committee (LEMC)
 
The LEMC is constituted under the Act for each local government area, which is responsible for the preparation of plans (DISPLAN) in relation to response to and recovery from emergencies. The Committee is chaired by a senior representative from Shoalhaven City Council. Represented on the LEMC are combat agencies such as the Police, Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW and State Emergency Services.

Also represented are functional support areas such as Welfare, Health, Ambulance, Marine Rescue, Correctional Services, RTA, Agriculture and Animal Services, Aerial Patrol, Communication, Engineering, Environmental and Transport Services and Defence.