Weatherproof Your Business
Cyclones, floods, bushfires, severe rain storms, dust storms and tsunamis can strike without warning and be devastating to communities.
TQ wants Queensland tourism businesses to have the appropriate plans in place so they can respond and recover quickly, and continue to employ their staff and welcome visitors to Queensland. Here’s how to weatherproof your business.
1. Watch this
View this 90 second clip of Queensland’s recent severe weather events and think about how your business would cope. Tourism Queensland thanks 7 News for providing these images.
Weatherproofing Your Business VIDEO
2. Read this
TQ will host facilitated 3 hour workshops in the below locations. Participants will be stepped through incident response planning and by the end of the workshop will have completed their own plan, saved on to a USB.
Fee is $25+gst per person (includes USB). Selection criteria and further details are included on the Expression of Interest form.
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Townsville |
Tuesday 24 November |
10.30am-1.30pm |
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Cairns |
Wednesday 25 November |
10am -1pm |
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Brisbane (Ormiston) |
Thursday 26 November |
10am - 1pm |
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Airlie Beach |
Monday 7 December |
1pm - 4pm |
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Mackay |
Tuesday 8 December |
10am-1pm |
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Twin Waters, Sunshine Coast |
Thursday 10 December |
10am - 1pm |
3. RSVP Your Attendance
Download the RSVP Form
Email your completed form to industryinnovation@tq.com.au
"I almost lost my (previous) business after the bushfires in the NSW Snowy Mountains in 2003; it took us completely by surprise. To prepare your business in 3 hours for $25 is a great investment." Colin Battersby, Fishes at the Point, Stradbroke Island
