Alerts and Warnings
Emergency WA
Emergency WA provides a live feed of active incidents in addition to the alerts and warnings you may be familiar with. This feature provides more information to the public than ever before, and means you can find out about an incident as soon as we do.
As soon as an incident is reported to DFES, Emergency WA publishes basic information including the type and location of the incident. You may notice the response type listed in the incident pop-up box which shows how the indent is being responded to. These responses include:
- Dispatched
Resources have been notified to attend the incident. - Responding
Resources are mobile and travelling to the incident. - On-Scene
Resources are at the incident. - Monitoring
Resources are monitoring the incident (this can be performed remotely in regional areas).
If the incident escalates to the level that lives and homes are potentially threatened, a community warning may be issued with more detailed safety information. Warnings will either be attached to the incident, or appear nearby on the map and in the list view.
Remember emergencies can happen quickly and there may not always be time to issue a warning before life and property is under threat. If you feel threatened, don't wait to put your survival plan into action.
