Responses before or during event

The first official emergency response was done by the Northern Territory police. On the 24th of December the people of Northern Territory were getting prepared for cyclone Tracy to hit on the 25th of December. When the first damage reports came in the Northern Territory police were seeing to set up road blockages. The police were also assisting the community e.g.: when power lines fell down the police would be there directing people away. Many people had lost their homes, so they were using schools as shelter for people with no home. Many came to help with this event even the army. Using these heavy metal tanks gave police and military to search the areas for people or even bodies. Heading towards midnight and the police received numerous amounts of calls regarding to damage done to their property. By 1am Christmas day calls started to cease unless they were important, such as someone seriously injured or dying. During 2 pm of Christmas day the Commissioner held a leadership meeting. They were evaluating all the damage so they had another meeting 6pm Christmas Day.  10.20 PM on Christmas night Major-General Stretton arrived at Darwin airport. Close to midnight Major- General Stretton had met The Department of Northern Territory and planned for meetings. Early mornings of December 26th a leaders meeting was prepared, and for the next 5 days regular meeting were held under Stretton’s chairmanship. Due to Cyclone Tracy 71 people died and many were injured