Primary industries natural disaster damage survey

Making a report on your property with the survey is now short and simple.  To make a new report:

1. Open the survey on your smartphone or computer. If you cannot see all details on your phone you may be using an old operating system and will need to upgrade to complete the survey.
2. Fill in the survey as prompted as best you can. Only values marked with an asterix are mandatory
   1. Providing your PIC allows us to contact you directly if we need to confirm your data. It is not essential but it may help us to provide assistance in your area.
   2. DPI or LLS staff members or industry representatives need to enter a code which is emailed to help us differentiate data from different sources. Farmers do not need to enter a code.Select the type of event you are reporting on and the date it occurred - if over multiple days, enter the first date it happened.
   3. Select the location of the damage on the map. This is an important step if you are not at the damage site as the app will default to record your current location e.g. in town.
   4. Enter the total area in hectares of your property if applicable e.g. fisheries may ignore this section.
   5. Select if you have damage or not.
   6. Select all the categories in which your farm has received damage. This will open further questions under each section. You can return here at any time to add categories but it is easier to select them at the start.
   7. Follow the prompts to answer any of the questions that are relevant. Fill in numbers, areas and values as best you can. Only estimates are required, not precise measurements. Remember to use metric numbers i.e. hectares not acres etc.
   8. If your enterprise is not covered please use the “other” category to enter the enterprise, how many or how much is destroyed and an estimate of what it is worth.
   9. If you have particularly valuable animals e.g. racehorses please enter them in the “other” category as the survey uses average long term data to calculate impact.
   10. Estimate how long it will take you to return to normal production.
   11. Estimate the percentage of impact on your business income.
   12. Click on the camera icon to take a photo or to upload a photo from your files.
   13. Provide feedback if you encounter issues.
3. Submit the report. Note that the report can’t be edited once submitted.
4. You can then follow a link to see a summary of the reports in the state. You can filter by event and date to see all the reports for the particular event you are interested in.