Ipswich City Council has teamed up the Early Warning Network to provide residents with FREE early warning alerts. Register now to receive free alerts via email or smartphone and be the first to hear about potentially dangerous weather and bushfires within the City of Ipswich.

What do I receive?

You will receive alerts for potentially dangerous weather and bushfires within the City of Ipswich, as well as custom messages from Ipswich City Council related to disaster and emergency management.

How do I receive the information?

Residents can receive alerts via email or the smartphone app.

Does it cost anything?

Council covers the cost of the My Ipswich Alerts - there is no fee to residents of the City of Ipswich to access alerts.

About the smart phone app

The smartphone app is available for Android devices through the Google Play Store and Apple devices in the Apple App Store.

Council is proud to have used one of the winning entries from the Ipswich Enviroplan Photographic Competition as the background to the smartphone app.

The My Ipswich Alerts smartphone app provides additional features to assist residents, including:

• Alerts from across Australia based on your GPS location as well as your registered residential address.
• Help me feature which sends the users location and details to resident defined email addresses and contact numbers.
• Calls to Emergency Triple Zero (000), SES  132 500, Police 131 444, 24 Hour GP capture the caller's GPS coordinates and estimated address.
• Weather radar access based on the residents location.
• Location display.
• Enables image and video uploads to Council.

Is there anything else I need to know?

Remember to update your details regularly so you benefit from all of the above geolocation features.