ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

To receive assistance, you must live in your own or family home or private rental premises in Queensland and have:

• signed confirmation by a qualified GP or hearing practitioner (audiologist or audiometrist) recommending suitability for scheme based on their assessment that your level of hearing loss may prevent you from hearing a standard smoke alarm; OR


• a previous assessment (up to three years from date of application) that you are profoundly deaf;

AND you have one of the following:

• Centrelink Pension Concession Card; OR
• Health Care Card; OR
• a Department of Veteran’s Affairs Gold Repatriation Health Card (DVA) issued for all conditions; OR
  
• a White Repatriation Health Card (DVA) issued for conditions that include hearing loss; OR
  
• the status of being a dependent of a person in one of the above categories.

You can further support your application by showing:

• you use Auslan or another sign language as your main method of communication; and/or
• a reference from and/or membership of a service, club or  social  group for people who are deaf or hearing impaired.

You must not live in a place where appropriate smoke alarm systems for people who are deaf or hearing impaired have already been installed in any individual and common areas by the manager or managing body responsible.

There is a limit of one fire alarm subsidy per household.