• Last updated: March 2023.

We update this page each year with free bushfire, smoke and heatwaves resources for safety and wellbeing of our learning communities.

Current situation

Current site closures are always listed on our alerts page.

Current fires and fire forecasts

TasALERT provides information on all current incidents in Tasmania.

Current road closures

Smoke and air quality

Heatwaves

Our bushfire and heatwave actions

Did you know?

  1. Bushfire is rated as Tasmania’s No. 1 natural hazard (PDF, 1.4MB), with large fires in 2013, 2016, and 2019.
  2. Our role is to support bushfire and heatwave safety by sharing information and taking advice from lead agencies.

Our approach

  • We share advice from the lead agencies to keep our people safe from bushfires or heatwaves
  • We do this before, during and after bushfires and heatwaves
  • We will make changes if we need to so people who come to our sites can be safe from bushfires or heatwaves.

DECYP community info sheet – Our bushfire and heatwave arrangements

Download the print version of the info sheet (PDF, 417KB)

Staff

Staff information is available from our intranet (staff access only)

For students, families and library clients

Getting ready for bushfires or heatwaves

During bushfires and heatwaves

After bushfires – looking after children & yourselves

For early childhood service managers

See supporting information on the Education and Care Unit website

On this page
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  1. Current situation
  2. Our bushfire and heatwave actions
  3. Staff
  4. For students, families and library clients
  5. For early childhood service managers

Wellbeing

  1. Health and physical care
  2. Mental Health and Wellbeing
  3. Dealing with Emergency or Disaster
    1. Bushfire and heatwave
  4. Student behaviour
  5. Food in Schools
  6. Support for Carers
  7. Student Wellbeing and Engagement Survey