be prepared

The Blue Mountains can be affected by a range of natural events that can disrupt the community. These events include strong winds from June until August, and summer storms from mid November until January.

In addition to these, the upper Blue Mountains west of Lawson can experience snow falls that vary from brief flurries to heavy falls. These falls can isolate some communities for long periods as occurred several times in the 20 th century including the 1960s.

To assist the community deal with these types of events, the Blue Mountains SES conducts regular education campaigns in most mountains townships as well as targeted initiatives at public schools. Our purpose built community education trailer forms the
centre piece of many of our displays. It is staffed by SES volunteers who can answer your questions and contains a great deal of useful community and SES information. We are proud to say that the innovation
and success of this trailer has been the model for similar SES displays throughout NSW.

We have also developed a range of useful guides that can be downloaded from the following links.

Storm checklist - download
SnowSafe guide for residents of the Blue Mountains - download 1, 2
Family Emergency Kit - download