Heatwave Resilience: Keeping Our Cool Project
Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and severe across our region. FNQROC Climate Resilience Technical Committee, through grant funding, has developed the Keeping Our Cool Toolkit to help councils, communities, and local organisations better prepare for and respond to extreme heat events.
The toolkit provides practical resources, awareness materials, and campaign implementation guides that support both council operations and community resilience.
What’s Available
To make it easier for councils and partners to access and use the resources, we’ve made the following materials publicly available:
- Artwork – ready-to-use campaign graphics for promoting heatwave awareness.
- Checklist – a practical guide for preparing facilities, staff, and community spaces for heatwaves.
- Social Media Content – examples of social media posts before, during and after heatwave events. This includes posts for protecting domestic animals and wildlife.
- Toolkit Guide – a quick reference guide to using the toolkit effectively.
Request Full Toolkit Access
The full Keeping Our Cool Toolkit includes additional templates, case studies, and planning resources. If you would like access to the complete package, please contact the FNQROC Regional Climate Resilience Coordinator to request the full toolkit.
HEATWAVE RESILIENCE: KEEPING OUR COOL PROJECT
The Keeping Our Cool Toolkit equips local councils and organisations to increase community awareness about heatwaves, health risks, and measures to mitigate risks for humans, animals, and wildlife.
In Far North Queensland, increased heatwave events coupled with high humidity pose significant health risks to communities, animals, and ecosystems. Responding to this growing threat, the Climate Resilience Technical Committee and regional experts collaborated to create an awareness toolkit. Tailored for vulnerable communities in the far north, the toolkit draws from coronial data pinpointing at-risk cohorts in the area, offering a strategic approach to building resilience.
To obtain a copy of the Keeping Our Cool Toolkit, please email the FNQROC Regional Climate Resilience Coordinator .
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Keeping Our Cool Toolkit Items |
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A short guide explaining how to implement a Keeping Our Cool campaign |
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Individual persona factsheets with information on vulnerable cohorts. Recommend using the personas to run workshops. |
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These key messages are to inspire and be incorporated into the development of further communication materials that support the campaign. |
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Includes five social media tiles, a website banner, an email signature, and an infographic poster. In PDF and JPEG format. |
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Checklist for households to use in preparation for heatwave events. PDF format. |
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An example of content that can be used on the Council’s webpage. |
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An example of various social media posts for each of the three stages: Plan & Prepare, Respond and Recover. |
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Example of content for direct email to subscribers/vulnerable cohorts for stages: Prepare and Respond. |
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Example content for text message alerts to vulnerable cohorts during each of the three stages: Prepare, Respond and Recover. |
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Design elements of artwork that can be used to create additional design elements. |
Contact
For further information, please contact the Regional Climate Resilience Coordinator