Earth Risk Watch

Local knowledge. Checked sources. Calm preparation.

Earth Risk Watch is an open public-awareness project. It helps people turn official hazard information into plain-language, local preparation. It is not an official warning service, an emergency dispatcher, or a substitute for local incident controllers.

Open the Australia reference pack   View the project on GitHub

The invitation

One person can start a country, state or suburb pack

The first contributor does not need to know everything. Their job is to gather the authoritative local sources, write what people can verify, and invite local review. Detail can grow from country to state, district and suburb where it is accurate and maintainable.

1. Start with what people already trust

Link the weather bureau, emergency service, fire authority, water supplier, health department and council hazard maps. Show the source and the date checked.

2. Explain, do not impersonate

Use plain language to explain preparation. Never issue a competing alert, invent an evacuation route, or imply that a dashboard is live incident control.

3. Make local material reviewable

Local evacuation, medical, dosing and shelter instructions require an official source, a review date, local emergency links and a second reviewer before publication.

Maps and alerts

Trust is earned by clear limits

A generic drawing of a country is not an emergency map. A real local pack should point to official hazard maps and tell people to download their own neighbourhood or travel area for offline use before an event. If official alerts are unclear or mistrusted, this project should make their source, meaning and limits easier to understand - not ask anyone to disable them or follow an unverified alternative.

How to contribute

  1. Fork the main branch and name the locale clearly.
  2. Add official-source links and a visible checked date.
  3. Begin with a small, useful local pack: water, heat, fire, flood, power and offline contacts.
  4. Ask a second local reviewer to check safety-critical guidance.
  5. Keep it current, mark gaps honestly, and remove stale claims.

Start from the repository

Always follow official emergency warnings and directions. Call your local emergency number for life-threatening emergencies.