Pottsville Community-led Resilience Team (CRT)
To help prepare for floods, bushfires and other natural disasters, we have created the Pottsville Community-led Resilience Team (CRT). The project kicked off in July 2022 after a post-flood community meeting where we agreed we wanted a better community response for future events.
The CRT aims to help prepare our community ahead of the next disaster event so that we are able to respond and recover better. We are doing this through providing households with education and resources so they can be better prepared, and also by creating a communication network so that accurate and verified information can be shared with residents during events, helping the Pottsville community to support one another and stay as safe as possible.
Want to join the CRT network?
Register your household with us to receive a free Residents Pack including REDIPlan template, waterproof document holder and other useful factsheets. You will be linked to your street coordinator if your street has one and added to their CRT communication network, so that you will receive warnings and other important information during a disaster event. If your street does not currently have a street coordinator you will receive information directly from the CRT leadership team during disaster events.
Want to be a street coordinator?
The communication network relies on volunteers right across Pottsville. We are looking for street coordinators on every single street in Pottsville – more than one for longer streets – who can share information during emergencies and check in on their vulnerable neighbours. Street coordinators don’t need to cover their whole street, or be available all the time – we encourage you to choose a deputy can cover you when you’re off on holiday or out of town.
Are you already connected to your immediate neighbours? Are you a friendly, community-minded person? Then you’re halfway there already. Sign up as a street coordinator today. You’ll be provided with a free Street Coordinator Pack including hi vis vest, clipboard and printed materials, and be supported by the CRT Leadership Team as you get set up. The CRT Leadership Team will also pass on verified information in a time of crisis, which you will then pass on to your street.
Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page for more information on the CRT, it’s origins, data security and more.