Everyone’s got an emergency plan. It’s called “we’ll figure it out.”
Then the power’s out, your phone’s on 12%, you’ve got six tabs open and nobody can agree whether to leave. Let’s sort it now, on a quiet day, so you’re not guessing when it counts.
promise.
The info is out there. That’s not the problem.
Warnings are accurate, and life saving.
But try wrapping your head around one at 2am if you've never seen one before, with the kids awake and the rain going sideways.
You’ve got the torch. You haven’t decided when you’d leave.
So when it happens, everyone waits for someone else to call it. Waiting is the risky bit.
Facebook fills the gap with whoever’s loudest.
Not whoever’s right. And you’re left scrolling instead of doing.
Disaster Scout lives in that gap, between the official warning and what you actually do next.
Pick your door.
Your home
Fun, no-judgement workshops that get your household’s plan sorted. Start free. See workshops →Your business
A plan your team will actually use, the right words for customers, and a practice run. Let’s chat →Care providers
Emergency plans for NDIS SIL houses, so every support worker knows what to do on shift. Learn more →The free stuff
The app, the newsletter and the socials. Plain English, always linked to the official source. Dive in →Start free. Get it done when you’re able.
What could actually happen at your place?
Find the two or three disasters that matter for your address. Skip the rest.
What the warnings actually mean
Advice, Watch and Act, Emergency Warning: what each one is asking you to do.
Three things your plan is missing
The decisions almost every plan leaves out, and why they matter on the day.
Build your plan with me
You leave with it finished. Not on your to-do list. Done.
Save your spot
Volunteer firefighter, too
Hi, I’m Morgan. I used to write the warnings.
For almost a decade I worked inside Australian emergency management: writing the public warnings, running emergency operations, and deploying to cyclones, floods and bushfires.
And I kept seeing the same thing. Good people. Accurate warnings. And a gap in the middle where everyone freezes. Disaster Scout is me closing that gap, in plain English, with zero judgement.
Is it near you?
One map with the official warnings, fires, floods and weather. Close the other six tabs. Free, and always linked back to the source.
We don’t issue official warnings or replace emergency services. In an emergency, call 000 in Australia or 911 in Canada.
The good stuff. None of the doom.
A short note when it matters: what season’s coming, one thing to do this weekend, and what that warning actually means. Free on Substack.