Cyclone Preparedness and Response Plan

A fill-in plan for getting a Queensland workplace through a tropical cyclone. It sets who makes the calls, ties each stop-work step to the Bureau of Meteorology Watch and Warning stages, and covers securing, stand-down, shelter, communication and the checks before anyone goes back in. It suits builders, shops, depots, farms and any business in cyclone country, and sits behind the Severe Weather and Cyclone Site Preparation Checklist.

What Is Included In Our Cyclone Preparedness and Response Plan?

• Workplace details, consultation record and named roles with deputies
• Pre-season readiness checklist, including the emergency kit and a second communication method
• Bureau of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Watch and Warning meanings and the five cyclone categories
• Stop-work trigger table with timing fields, tied to the Watch and Warning stages
• Wind limit table for cranes, platforms, scaffolds and temporary structures, taken from the maker’s instructions
• Securing table by area, with who does it and when
• Stand-down, shelter and accountability roll, including remote and lone workers
• Communication, steps during the cyclone and emergency details
• Return-to-site inspector checks for power lines, structures, scaffolds, asbestos, floodwater, trees and fuel
• Recovery and restart in stages, notifiable incident reminders, testing, review, decision log and sign-off

What You Get

• An editable Microsoft Word form (11 pages), A4 portrait, to fill in on screen or print
• Tick boxes and date pickers that work in Word
• Business details typed once and filled in on every page, plus a space for your logo
• Sign-off and document control

Review it and adjust it to suit your business, your sites and the way your team works, and talk it through with your workers. If you have any trouble downloading this template, you can contact us at any time. Please make sure you read our Disclaimer before downloading.