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Title:
Household Preparedness for Communities
Date:
June 2008
Organisations
Australian Bureau of Stattistics
Authors:
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Location:
Australia, Australia

Overview

This is the summary report  from the Household Preparedness for Emergencies survey which was conducted in New South Wales (NSW), Victoria (Vic.), Queensland (Qld), and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) during October 2007. The survey examined the steps households had taken in preparing for emergencies. These steps included  safety precautions such as:

  • installing smoke alarms
  • ensuring emergency phone numbers were accessible
  • having an emergency plan
Where households had experienced a recent emergency (in the last 2 years), the survey investigated how they responded during the emergency and whether any changes were made to ensure better preparedness in the future.

The full statistical report can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet.

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