024 [W8] SITE ANALYSIS RESEARCH

As mentioned in the Disaster Concept blog below i've chosen to focus on the Australian Rural Outback. This is again taken one step further with my focus being on Northern Queensland Rural towns. Below is a small list of Queensland townships which have been affected over the last 20 years..

Normanton

|| March 1998 ||

- Heavy floods leaving town isolated.

- 50 homes destroyed.

- 300 evacuated.

Cloncurry

|| 2nd Jan 1990 ||

- Heavy falls in upper reaches caused major flooding.

- 347 homes affected.

Longreach

|| Jan 1999 ||

- Widespread rural flooding.

- Longreach town isolated 3 days.

Barcaldine

|| April 1990 ||

- 300 home destroyed

- 1000 evacuated

Charleville

|| April 1990 ||

-Evacuation of entire town.

-Major disaster relief operation to clean up.

Morven

|| Feb 1998 ||

- Marinova River flooded

- Cut off community 3 days

Emerald
|| 19th jan 2008 ||

- 1000 homes affected

- 2500 people evacuated

Charters Towers

Below is a site map of Charters Towers. The ideal location for my entity to integrate itself into the community would be close to the city hall, sports ovals, schools or even the main street of the community. The site needs to be roughly flat that is located above flood lines in order to maximise the benefits of my response unit.