Premium Content Subscriber only With natural disaster season on Central Queensland’s doorstep for another year, Gladstone Regional Council has altered its method of keeping the community informed. In a statement released on Friday, GRC stated the organisation was in the process of ceasing its subscription to Early Warning Network (EWN) alerts. All disaster and weather event communication will be moved to the QIT Plus (Guardian) system, which is the disaster response and communication system used by multiple agencies before, during and after, disaster events. With 4600 registered users within the EWN, GRC is encouraging the same level of uptake in the new QIT Plus (Guardian) system.