For Emergency Accomodation:
- If you need emergency housing accommodation | NSW Government
- If you urgently need accommodation, call Link2home on 1800 152 152 for an information and telephone referral service open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For Emergency Help in Floods and Storms, call the NSW SES on 132 500
- Listen to your local radio station
- Follow local updates at ses.nsw.gov.au
- Learn about your risk at ses.nsw.gov.au/community-advice
- Check latest weather, warnings, rainfall and river heights at bom.gov.au/nsw
- Check road closures at livetraffic.com.au or call 132 701
Mental Health Support
- If in immediate danger – call 000
- Speak to your doctor or Aboriginal Health Worker
- Visit your local Aboriginal Medical Service
- Call 13YARN, run by Aboriginal people, on 13 92 76 .
Household help/food and all daily life needs
- Ask Izzy to find more information on support services
Flood Recovery Help
For emergency help in bushfires
To report a bushfire – call 000 or if you’re hearing impaired call 108
- Check the Fires Near Me page for current incidents
- Listen to local media
- Check social media such as NSW RFS Facebook and NSW RFS Twitter
- Bush Fire Information Line – 1800 679 737
- If you are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech impairment, contact RFS through the National Relay Service
- TTY users phone 1800 555 677 then ask for 1800 679 737
- Speak and Listen users phone 1800 555 727 then ask for 1800 679 737
- Internet relay users connect to the NRS then ask for 1800 679 737
- To report a fire or emergency (TTY users only), access TTY 106.
- For information on what to do before a fire
- What to do during a fire
- Once the fire has passed
Before/During Emergencies
- Free translation and interpreter 24-hour helpline TIS National 131 450
