How to help people with disability evacuate

“I was a part of a group that was invited to speak to emergency management services, volunteers and organisations who were learning how to safely evacuate a person in a wheelchair from a flooded area, how to communicate with individuals and build rapport. Emergency services might not be able to respond immediately, so volunteers and neighbours living in Kurilpa should also have that information to understand how to help with evacuations.”

Uncle Willie Prince (Kalkadoon), Kurilpa resident since 1993

Image: West End residents hurrying under umbrellas during a downpour, Boundary Street, West End, Brisbane, November 2020. Credit: Zhan Teh, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, FL3351511.