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The 2019 Townsville flood was a major flood event that occurred in the city of Townsville and surrounding areas, on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. [1] Townsville has endured around 20 major flooding events since colonial settlement in the 1860s, but the 2019 event was one of the worst natural disasters to ever impact the region. [ 2 ]
The morning of the 11th has been described as the worst devastation in the city since Cyclone Althea in 1971. [4] Most roads in the city were impassable; the Bruce Highway was closed to the north and south of the city as were all rail links as at the time they were still under water; the airport was closed to all commercial traffic as the runway was under water, and the navigation aids still ...
Townsville University Hospital (TUH), formerly The Townsville Hospital (TTH), [1] is a public tertiary care hospital on Angus Smith Drive, Douglas, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is the largest facility within the Townsville Hospital and Health Service (HHS) geographic area.
The Collinsville mine disaster was the largest loss of life in a Queensland mine since the Mount Mulligan mine disaster in 1921. [264] Boating accident: Wilson Inlet, Western Australia: 7: 1911 Nov 5: Seven members of the same family drowned when a small yacht Little Wonder was hit by a squall. [265] Boating accident: Lake Hume, New South Wales ...
In order to activate the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), "a public health emergency may include but is not limited to, public health emergencies declared by the Secretary of HHS [Health and Human Services] under 42 U.S.C. 247d, or a declaration of a major disaster or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency ...
An office of emergency management (OEM) (also known as a office of emergency services (OES), emergency management office (EMO), or emergency management agency (EMA)) is a local, municipal, tribal, state, federal/national, or international organization responsible for: planning for, responding to, and dealing with recovery efforts related to natural, manmade, technological, or otherwise ...
Kirwan Health Campus is a health service located in the suburb of Kirwan, Queensland, Australia, and is the main health facility serving residents in the City of Townsville, about 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of the Townsville CBD. The Kirwan Health Campus offers a range of specialist services and is not an emergency or general hospital, such ...
The 1st Health Battalion (1 HB) is a unit of the 2nd Health Brigade.It is headquartered at the Robertson Army Barracks in Darwin.Formally having sub-units located in Darwin, Townsville and Brisbane, the then 1st Close Health Battalion was raised as 1 HB and fell under the command of the reestablished 2nd Health Brigade in 2022; with the existing Sub-Units being absorbed into 4th Health ...