Get Ready for Emergencies at Kingston Library

Kingston Library provides library services, research and information, adult literacy support, community learning, Adult Education, online access, archive and heritage services.The Library is in the centre of Kingston with an off-street carpark from Hutchins Street and has wheelchair access.Any Libraries Tasmania events at Bruny Island will be displayed under Kingston Library's list of events.

Kingston Library

Free in person workshops for people with disability, delivered by SES in partnership with Tas Fire Service

Emergency Preparedness for people with disability

Excellent free information sessions from SES Tasmania on how you can prepare yourself for emergencies.
Learn how to build a personalised plan, catering to your individual needs and circumstances.
Carers or support people welcome.

SES in partnership with the Tasmanian Fire Service are holding small group in person workshops at Libraries Tasmania locations.The workshop uses a person centred approach. It covers the challenges people with disability may face on a daily basis, such as assistive technology, communications and transport.The workshop aims to aid in your knowledge of hazards, where to find reliable information and how to develop an emergency plan suitable for your individual needs.Carers and support people welcome.Your presenter is Richard Witbreuk – Emergency Preparedness Facilitator with State Emergency Services (SES). Richard has a lived experience with disability living with a mobility issue.The Person Centred Emergency Preparedness project is a project run in collaboration with the SES and TFS.If you require any assistance to attend this workshop please contact Richard on 0419 290 886.Parking:• Maximum 2 hour stay at the library• Parking in Channel Court shopping complex is maximum 3 hours. To ensure a successful event, please:• Let us know if you can’t attend so we can give your place to someone else• Don't attend if you are unwell Accessibility:• 2 permit mobility parking spaces next to the library - 2 hour parking limits• Level access, automatic entrance doors, wide doorways and aisles for wheelchairs• Parenting room in Channel Court shopping centre next to the library#LibrariesTasmania

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