The news article published on 8th May, quoted Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) deputy chairman Ted Shepherd :
"... the council would now extend its emergency plan and print booklets, which would include evacuation points."
"We had a generic evacuation plan done for the LDMG ... for in-house disaster management," said Cr Shepherd.
"This will allow us to extend that with more definitive details and we can put it in a nice document and get it out to residents." (Source: Gold coast Bulletin)
The article also states Councillor Dawn Chrichlow saying the full list of centres "should have revealed the centres as soon as they were planned" and that apparently the Councillors were not aware of the centres until they were request by the Gold Coast Bulletin.
The council had previously refused to disclose the 96 planned safe havens, (and) at the time, Mayor Ron Clarke said letting people know where to flee before a bushfire, tsunami or flood would be an information overload that may lead to residents flocking to the danger zone. (Source: Gold Coast Bulletin)
The list, which would have likely already been available to the Council's disaster management unit as lists of potential venues that could be used as evacuation centres, but their suitability and safety would be determined by experts before opening them to the public.
From a disaster management perspective, it wouldn't be prudent to list all of the evacuation centres as "safe havens" as done so within this news article. Residents may assume that during a disaster event, that any centre would be safe, staffed and equipped to deal with them at any time.
Cr Shepherd said the list featured possible evacuation points but they would change depending on the nature of the disaster.
"It will list the evacuation points -- not the routes," he said. (Council) has decided residents could use common sense when viewing the list. (Source: Gold Coast Bulletin)
The list of possible centres/locations as documented by the article is included below:
Clubs
- Ashmore Police Citizens Youth Club
- Band Shell
- Beenleigh Police Citizens Youth Club
- Coomera School of Arts
- McKenzie Park Community Bowls Club
- Southport Soccer Club
- Tugun Surf Life Saving Club Inc
- Twin Towns Police Citizens Youth Club
Community Centres
- Albert Waterways Community Centre
- Beenleigh Community Centre
- Beenleigh Senior Citizens Centre
- Bert Swift Community Centre
- Bethania Community Centre
- Burleigh Heads - Miami Senior Citizens Centre
- Burleigh Waters Community Centre
- Carrara Sports Complex
- Coolangatta Senior Citizens Centre
- Eagleby Community Centre
- Elanora Community Centre
- Gilston Community Centre
- Helensvale Community Centre
- Jacobs Well Community Centre
- Kerrydale Community Centre
- Labrador Memorial Senior Citizens Centre
- Marg Shipman Community Centre
- Mermaid / Broadbeach Senior Citizens Centre
- Mermaid Beach Community Centre
- Nerang Bicentennial Community Centre
- Nerang Community Centre
- Nerang Senior Citizens Centre
- Numinbah Valley School Of Arts Hall
- Palm Beach Neighbourhood Centre
- Palm Beach Share'n'Care Centre Inc
- Paradise Point Community Centre
- Parkwood/Arundel Community Centre
- Pimpama School of Arts
- Pizzey Park Sports Centre
- Robina Common Sporting Centre
- Robina Community Centre
- Runaway Bay Community Centre
- Seventh Day Adventists Comunity Centre
- Silver Bridle Community Centre
- Southport Community Centre
- St Josephs Community Centre
- Stephens Community Centre
- Studio Village Community Centre
- Tallebudgera Valley Community Hall
- Tugun Community Centre
- Tweed Civic Centre
- Yawalpah Community Centre
Churches
- Anglican Parish of Surfers Paradise
- Christian City Church Currumbin
- Lutheran Church
- St Pauls Church Hall
- Trinity Luthern Hall
- Uniting Church
- Uniting Church Hall Robina
- Uniting Church Hall/Day Care Centre
- Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints
General Halls
- Arts Centre
- Banksia Park Hall
- Cedar Creek Hall
- Coomera QCWA Memorial Hall
- CWA Hall - Coolangatta
- CWA Hall - Southport
- CWA Hall - Mermaid Beach
- Eagleby Community Hall
- GC & Albert Museum
- GC Little Theatre
- GC Youth Orchestra Centre
- Masonic Hall
- Miami Great Hall
- Mt Nimell Hall
- Mudgeeraba Memorial Hall
- Mudgeeraba Show Pavilion
- Past Time Hall
- Red Cross Hall
- Spotlight Theatrical Company
- Springbrook Hall
- St Josephs Community Hall
- Tugun Progress Hall
- Woongoolba Hall
Meeting Rooms
- Allamanda Private Hospital
- Old Elanora Library
Schools
- Labrador Kindergarten
Sporting Clubs
- Beenleigh Showgrounds
- Dauth Park Sporting Complex
- Gold Coast International Athletics Center
- Labrador Australian Rules Football Club Ltd
- Runaway Bay Indoor Stadium
Welfare groups
- Central Gold Coast Meals on Wheels Senior Citizens
- Frendship Drop-in Centre
- Nerang Meals on Wheels
- Southport Meals On Wheels Senior Citizens Centre
- St Johns Drop In Centre
- Surfers Paradise Anglican Crisis Care
Regardless of the centres listed above, during a disaster or emergency event, always follow the advise of emergency services as to when and where to evacuate to.