Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan, 2010

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OBJECTIVE 3d:Current Status:Methodology,Tools andActions:Provide effective warning systems to enable agencies and the community to respond rapidly toa potential event.While there are a number of warning systems and arrangements in place, there are some gapsin processes for what will happen once the Group receives these warnings. In particular,improved processes for responding to tsunami warnings are considered high priority.1. Develop a regional tsunami plan that identifies:a) Warning and notification arrangements procedures, including links with nationalwarning systems.b) At-risk communitiesc) Public alerting processesd) Media arrangementse) Stand down arrangementsThe regional plan will be supported by local Community Plans as per section 4.2.2.2. Facilitate the implementation of the Meerkat alerting system across the region.3. Incorporate pre-scripted messages in the Public Information and media plan.4. Facilitate a workshop with media representatives and public information manager.5. Multi-agency testing and exercising of arrangements (incorporate into overall exerciseprogramme, refer section 4.3).6. Provision of signage, maps and education to support Community based plans.Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan, 2010-2015 Page 42
5 RESPONSEThis section outlines the CDEM Group’s response principles, objectives, priorities,information flows and the organisational framework that will be used inresponding to emergencies. Response roles, functions, responsibilities andrelationships (locally, regionally and nationally) are defined. Processes foremergency escalation and declaring states of emergencies are also described.Refer to the Northland CDEM Group Plans for full details on:EOP 1: for GEOC Structure, Staffing and OperationEOP 2: for warning systems and processesEOP 3: for public information and media management processesEOP 4: for welfare arrangementsEOP 10: for evacuation proceduresEOP 11: for responses specific to cyclone events.5.1 INTRODUCTIONResponse describes the actions taken immediately before, during or directly after a civil defence emergency tosave lives, protect property and support communities to recover. The Group’s response arrangements have beenestablished to ensure that all available resources are effectively applied to plan for and manage the consequencesof emergencies that affect Northland. While the first priority during an emergency is the safety of life, responseplanning aims to minimise all the effects of an emergency and ensure that people are given early support torecover.5.1.1 PRINCIPLESKey principles for the Northland CDEM Group are:Locally delivered and centrally co-ordinated emergency management.Command, control and coordination of incidents, emergencies and disasters will be dealt with using theCoordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) 4 , the nationally agreed and recognised responsemechanism for interagency emergency response.The response will escalate only to the level required to manage the Incident (from individual agency IncidentControl processes to local, group and national CDEM coordination). ICPs and EOCs will be flexible and able tobe established by Controllers to a size and structure appropriate to the incident.The CDEM Group is the mechanism through which resources and support for emergency services agenciesand welfare are co-ordinated (it is not a primary care or emergency service agency).Emergency response will be in accordance with national objectives and priorities (refer box following).5.1.2 ISSUES AND PRIORITIESThe risk prioritisation (SMG) model described in section 2.4.1 is used to identify priorities for responseimprovements in relation to specific hazards.Generally the more widespread and serious hazards are assessed as more difficult to respond to, becauseresources will be stretched across the region. Infectious diseases (human/plant/animal) are rated as the mostdifficult to respond to and slow-evolving hazards (drought) the easiest.4 The New Zealand Coordinated Incident Management System -Teamwork in Emergency ManagementNorthland Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan, 2010-2015 Page 43
Page 2: PLAN STRUCTURESection1:Introduction
Page 5 and 6: GLOSSARY OF TERMSCommonly used term
Page 7 and 8: SUMMARYThe Northland Civil Defence
Page 9 and 10: 1 INTRODUCTIONSection 1 outlines th
Page 11 and 12: 1.3 THE PLAN CONTEXT1.3.1 CORE PRIN
Page 13 and 14: 1.4.1 NORTHLAND CDEM GROUP VISION A
Page 15 and 16: 1.4.3 HOW THIS PLAN SUPPORTS NATION
Page 17 and 18: Whangarei District population risin
Page 19 and 20: 2.1.3 ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTPROFILETh
Page 21 and 22: 2.2 CDEM GROUP HAZARDSCAPE2.2.1 ANA
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Page 25 and 26: 2.3 HAZARD RISK PRIORITIES2.3.1 THE
Page 28 and 29: 3 RISK REDUCTIONThis section provid
Page 30 and 31: In 2009, NRC published a review of
Page 32 and 33: 4 READINESSThis section provides an
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Page 54 and 55: 6 RECOVERYThis section sets out the
Page 56 and 57: The role of the Group Recovery Mana
Page 58 and 59: 7 MONITORING AND EVALUATIONThis sec
Page 60 and 61: CommunityEducation /ParticipationCD
Page 62 and 63: 8 MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCEThis sec
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Page 72 and 73: APPENDIX B - HAZARD SUMMARIESThe re
Page 74 and 75: WIDESPREAD HEAVY STORMSOverviewHaza
Page 76 and 77: VOLCANOOverviewHazardLikelihood (E)
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Page 80 and 81: DROUGHTSOverviewA drought can be de
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Page 84 and 85: MAJOR TRANSPORT ACCIDENTOverviewHaz
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