{"id":4202,"date":"2019-11-12T09:08:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T09:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2019-11-12T09:08:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T09:08:21","slug":"closures-and-latest-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/12\/closures-and-latest-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Closures and latest updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last updated 2:30 pm<\/em>
\nUnprecedented bushfires across NSW and a catastrophic fire warning for the Greater Hunter today has prompted City of Newcastle to review its services\u00a0for the safety of its staff and the community. We will update this information page when more information becomes available.<\/p>\n

Catastropic Fire Danger Response<\/h3>\n

City of Newcastle has activated its Emergency Operations Centre in response to unprecedented fire conditions.
\nThe Emergency Operations Centre is supported by key council staff, the local Emergency Operations Controller Superintendent Commander Brett Greentree, an NSW Police liaison and a Fire and Rescue NSW liaison.
\nThe Emergency Operations Centre is ready to respond to any risks should they arise in a coordinated fashion.
\nAs a precaution, the City of Newcastle has closed Blackbutt Reserve and the Fernleigh Track today. This is in line with National Parks closing today along with many schools and institutions in bushfire prone areas today.
\nThe City has extended an offer of support to the nearby MidCoast Council in any way that we can, be in human resources or otherwise. Should any of our neighbouring Councils be impacted by fires this week we will extend to them too.
\nWe want to take the opportunity to thank the NSW RFS and Fire and Rescue for the coordinated approach to today’s unprecedented fire conditions and encourage anyone to download the\u00a0Fires Near Me app<\/a>\u00a0and listen to the\u00a0ABC Local Newcastle<\/a>\u00a0for the latest updates.<\/p>\n

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Council Services<\/h2>\n

Waste Services<\/strong>
\nOur kerbside collections are running on schedule and\u00a0Summerhill Waste Management Centre<\/a>\u00a0remains open for business.
\nBlackbutt Reserve<\/strong>
\nThe reserve has been closed.\u00a0Staff will be onsite at Blackbutt Reserve to monitor the welfare of animals to ensure they are safe, hydrated and out of harms way.\u00a0Read more about the closure of Blackbutt Reserve<\/a>.
\nFernleigh Track<\/strong>
\nThe track has been closed in line with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service\u2019s decision to close the State\u2019s national parks north of the Hawkesbury River \u2013 including Glenrock State Conservation Area.
\n\"City<\/a>
\nNeighbourhood Safer Places<\/strong>
\nThese are a places of last resort during a bush fire emergency.\u00a0They are to be used when all other options in your bush fire survival plan can’t be put into action safely. Find the\u00a0Neighbourhood Safer Places in Newcastle<\/a>.
\nSchool closures<\/strong>
\nGet up-to-date information on schools that have temporarily ceased operations due to adverse weather conditions, bushfire activity, emergencies or other incidents. Visit the\u00a0NSW Public Schools website<\/a>\u00a0and check if your school is affected.
\nKeep informed<\/strong>
\nStay up to date with local information via the\u00a0Rural Fire Service Updates<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ABC Newcastle<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last updated 2:30 pm Unprecedented bushfires across NSW and a catastrophic fire warning for the Greater Hunter today has prompted City of Newcastle to review its services\u00a0for the safety of its staff and the community. We will update this information page when more information becomes available. Catastropic Fire Danger Response City of Newcastle has activated … Continue reading “Closures and latest updates”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}