Annual Report 2010 - Christchurch City Council
Annual Report 2010 - Christchurch City Council
Annual Report 2010 - Christchurch City Council
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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> Otautahi<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
<strong>Council</strong> activities<br />
and services<br />
Community support<br />
<strong>Council</strong> activities and services<br />
Community Support<br />
Activity Level of service Actual Target<br />
Civil Defence and emergency<br />
management<br />
Approved Civil Defence and<br />
Emergency Management (CDEM)<br />
plans covering local response<br />
and recovery arrangements and<br />
specific contingencies are in place<br />
CDEM Plans are in place for<br />
local response and recovery<br />
arrangements. The following<br />
plans were reviewed and updated<br />
by CDEM in consultation with<br />
other staff:<br />
At all times<br />
Welfare Plan;<br />
Pandemic Plan;<br />
Communications Plan;<br />
Coordination Centre SOP;<br />
Emergency Welfare SOP;<br />
Sector Post SOP<br />
Work is continuing on the<br />
Recovery Plan, the Engineers’<br />
Plan, the Emergency Operations<br />
Centre manual and the Building<br />
Evaluation and Rescue Plan<br />
An Emergency Operations<br />
Centre (EOC) is available for the<br />
co-ordination of multi-agency<br />
response in the event of an<br />
emergency<br />
An EOC was available for the<br />
response to an emergency.<br />
Procedures were developed and<br />
implemented to ensure resources<br />
were maintained<br />
At all times<br />
Fully equipped Light Rescue<br />
Response teams maintain their<br />
national ‘registered’ status<br />
Three light rescue response<br />
teams have maintained their<br />
national “registered” status with<br />
the Ministry of Civil Defence<br />
& Emergency Management for<br />
both equipment and training<br />
standards. Training included<br />
pre-hospital emergency care, first<br />
aid, rope responder and incident<br />
management.<br />
Three teams<br />
Build upon national / regional<br />
initiatives to promote the need<br />
for individuals to be prepared for<br />
when a disaster occurs<br />
Disaster Awareness Week<br />
promoted through ‘Our<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong>’.<br />
Readynet launched on 16th<br />
February <strong>2010</strong>. Media coverage,<br />
e-newsletters (local and national)<br />
and promotion through <strong>Council</strong><br />
networks is maintaining the<br />
profile of the service<br />
Two major Civil Defence<br />
promotions occur annually via<br />
<strong>Council</strong> publications<br />
Key sections of the community<br />
are informed of a pending civil<br />
defence emergency in a timely<br />
manner (those that are registered<br />
with the online alerting system)<br />
Communications (Readynet<br />
message) sent within one hour<br />
of decision. Readynet was used<br />
for the May <strong>2010</strong> flood event.<br />
Messages were sent to five local<br />
schools in the Beckenham and<br />
Cashmere areas.<br />
Communication sent within one<br />
hour of civil defence emergency,<br />
confirming warnings
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