v0.1.0 - Initial Release

ABC Emergency for Home Assistant v0.1.0

🎉 Initial Release

This is the first official release of the ABC Emergency integration for Home Assistant, providing real-time Australian emergency alerts directly in your smart home.

Features

Three Monitoring Modes

• State Mode: Monitor all emergencies across an entire state/territory
• Zone Mode: Track alerts within a configurable radius of any location
• Person Mode: Follow a person's location as they move for family safety

Australian Warning System Integration

• Emergency Warning (Red) - Act immediately
• Watch and Act (Orange) - Take action now
• Advice (Yellow) - Stay informed

Comprehensive Incident Coverage

• Bushfires and grass fires
• Floods and storms
• Severe weather and cyclones
• Earthquakes
• Extreme heat and heatwaves
• Structure fires
• And more...

Smart Alerting

• Per-incident-type radius configuration
• Nearest incident tracking with distance
• Binary sensors for each warning level
• Geo-location entities for map visualization

Installation

Via HACS (Recommended)

1. Open HACS in Home Assistant
2. Click the three dots menu → Custom repositories
3. Add: https://github.com/troykelly/homeassistant-abcemergency
4. Select category: Integration
5. Click Install
6. Restart Home Assistant

Manual Installation

1. Download abcemergency.zip from this release
2. Extract to custom_components/abcemergency/ in your Home Assistant config directory
3. Restart Home Assistant

Documentation

See the README and documentation for detailed setup instructions and automation examples.

Disclaimer

This integration is NOT authorised, endorsed, or affiliated with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Always follow official emergency service instructions. In a life-threatening emergency, call 000.