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Natural Hazards
Understanding Natural Hazards
Located at the northern end of Sydney's Northern Beaches, Pittwater is a wonderful place to live and to visit. The resident population of 57,000 people enjoy a casual, relaxed lifestyle surrounded by natural beauty. Thousands of tourists and visitors come to the northern beaches each year to use the beaches, waterways and bushland for recreational pursuits.
The area's landform is unique, featuring a diverse range of terrain characteristics due to Pittwater's landmass being entirely located on a peninsula. The area is made up of nine beautiful beaches with seven rockpools, rugged headlands, tranquil waterways, wetlands and native bushland including two National Parks, with pockets of rainforest.
But the very nature of the beautiful landscape means that the area is affected by a number of potential natural hazards, including:
- Bushfires
- Flooding
- Coastal Zone
- Landslide
- Headland Rock Fall and Cliff Failure
- Beach Safety (Rip currents and drowning)
Natural Disasters and Emergencies
Natural disasters, and on a smaller scale natural emergencies, are disruptive and can affect the community, environment and infrastructure. Council works with organisations such as the State Emergency Services, Police, Rural Fire Service and other government bodies to manage natural hazards by preparing for, responding to and recovering from natural disasters.
Being able to respond to an emergency is an important part of being prepared. The following links provide information on what you and your neighbours need to know to prepare and respond to different natural disasters. Each page contains information on how to prepare for and respond to a particular natural hazard event, who to contact in that emergency and where to get more information.
- Severe Storms
- Flooding
- Coastal Erosion
- Bushfires
Updated: 02 Dec 2011