Victoria Point – Evacuation

Victoria Point – Evacuation

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Evacuation Information

For information relating to current evacuations, please contact Redland City Council on 3829 8999.

The primary role of the Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) with regards to the management of evacuees is to provide safe, temporary accommodation for a short period until a threat has passed. Once the threat has passed, then evacuees can return home or arrangements can be made for alternative accommodation solutions if this is not possible.

The first preference is for people to ‘shelter-in-place’ – stay where you are – while this is the preferred option, it may not be possible due to the type of disaster occurring (i.e. approaching bushfire).

If you are required to evacuate, the second preference is for people to shelter with friends and family (if safe to do so). For those on the mainland, or a larger island like North Stradbroke Island, this may be possible in some instances. Sheltering with friends and/or family for those living on Coochiemudlo or SMBI may not always be possible, as often friends or family are also evacuating.

Evacuation Centres will be opened as demand requires and where safe to do so. Information relating to the opening of Evacuation Centres will be announced via our information sources – please tune in to local radio ABC 612 AM and Bay FM 100.3 and follow updates on the Disaster Dashboard, Redland City Council news site, Twitter and Facebook. You can also opt in to receive Community Alerts (details below), which will be issued to areas required to evacuate.

Council now has an opt-in emergency messaging service, Redlands Coast Alerts, where residents can subscribe to receive community alerts, weather alerts and flooded road notifications at four key locations. A Community Alert will not replicate the Emergency Alert; which is a Text and/or Voice message sent by the State Government irrespective of a user’s subscription, sent to all landlines and mobile phones that are switched on and have service coverage. The Community Alert is generally issued to the areas where the significant impact is occurring or anticipated to occur; thus it is important you enter the correct residential address to ensure you receive a Community Alert for your area.

A Community Alert will be issued from Redland City Council LDMG for significant impacts to the community such as:

  • Essential information when preparing, responding or recovering from an event
    i.e. evacuation information, recovery/community hub information etc.
  • Anticipated serious disruption due to an event
    i.e. health related or weather related; toxic smoke hazard, explosion or fire etc.
  • Essential services or Infrastructure impacted
    i.e. water shutdown, boil water notice, island transport services ceasing due to weather, gas leak etc.

To find out more and how to opt-in visit the Redlands Coast Alerts page.

Your details are securely held and will not be shared for other purposes. This notification service is designed to complement, not replace, other emergency notification systems such as those offered by BoM, Queensland Government, and Queensland Fire Department (QFD).

Evacuation Centres

Council has several evacuation centres on the mainland and the bay islands in Redland City.

Council may open an evacuation Centre during a natural disaster or emergency event if necessary. Which centres will open will depend on the nature of the emergency and safest evacuation routes for residents in the affected areas.

For open evacuation centres, visit the Redlands Coast Disaster Dashboard

Evacuation Routes

If you need to evacuate, it is recommended that you seek shelter with family or friends in the first instance. If these options are not available to you, we will establish crisis accommodation in the form of Evacuation Centres or another appropriate means of short-term accommodation. When evacuating from your home, your chosen evacuation route should always be the most direct and safest route available, be aware of possible localised flooding.

Please tune in to ABC 612 AM and Bay FM 100.3 for warnings of road closures and follow updates on the Redland City Council news site, Twitter and Facebook.

Remember: If it’s flooded, forget it!

 

If you are evacuating the Victoria Point area to stay with family or friends outside the Redlands, the following evacuation routes are recommended:

  • Exit Redland City by travelling west along Colburn Avenue to Cleveland Redland Bay Road, turn right and travel north to Boundary Road roundabout, turn left and travel west along Boundary Road to the roundabout and take the Duncan Road exit (continue straight) toward Sheldon and continue heading west to Mount Cotton Road. Continue along Mount Cotton Road toward Capalaba or turnoff at the roundabout of Mount Cotton Road and Broadwater Road toward Burbank.
  • Exit Redland City from the Victoria Point Shopping Centre by travelling south-west along Bunker Road which becomes Double Jump Road. Continue along Double Jump Road to Mount Cotton Road, turn left and head south along Mount Cotton Road to Beenleigh Redland Bay Road, Carbrook. Turn right and head west along Beenleigh Redland Bay Road toward the M1, Loganholme.
  • Exit Redland City by travelling south along Cleveland Redland Bay Road through Victoria Point and Redland Bay where the road becomes Serpentine Creek Road, continuing as Longland Road into Beenleigh Redland Bay Road, heading towards Cornubia and the M1, Loganholme.