Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan, 2010

GLOSSARY OF TERMSCommonly used terms and abbreviations used throughout the Plan include:4Rs: Four areas of emergency management: Reduction, Readiness, Response and Recovery.The Act: The Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002CDEM Group: Civil Defence Emergency Management Group established under section 12 of the Civil DefenceEmergency Management Act 2002. Unless otherwise stated in the Plan, refers to the Northland CDEM Group, ajoint standing committee with membership comprising the Mayors representatives from the Far North, Whangareiand Kaipara District Councils and Chairperson of the Northland Regional Council.CEG: Co-ordinating Executive Group established under Section 20 of the Act whose functions include providingadvice to the CDEM Group and any sub-groups of the CDEM Group; co-ordinating and overseeing as appropriatethe implementation of decisions of the Group by the Group CDEM Office or by individual members; andoverseeing the implementation, development, maintenance, monitoring and evaluation of this Plan.CIMS: Co-ordinated Incident Management System. Establishes a framework to assist in effective, efficient andconsistent response to an incident/emergency management.Emergency: As defined under the Act: 1. Is the result of any happening, whether natural or otherwise, including,without limitation, any explosion, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, land movement, flood, storm, tornado, cyclone,serious fire, leakage or spillage of any dangerous gas or substance, technological failure, infestation, plague,epidemic, failure of or disruption to an emergency service or a lifeline utility, or actual or imminent attack orwarlike act; and 2. Causes or may cause loss of life or injury or illness or distress or in any way endangers thesafety of the public or property in New Zealand or any part of New Zealand and 3. Cannot be dealt with byemergency services, or otherwise requires a significant and co-ordinated response under the Act.Emergency Services: The New Zealand Police, New Zealand Fire Service, National Rural Fire Authority, rural fireauthorities and hospital and health services.EOP: Emergency Operating Procedure refers to a document describing a formally established set of operationalprocedures that are the commonly accepted method for performing certain emergency management tasks.GEOC/EOC: Group Emergency Operations Centre /Emergency Operations Centre. An established facility wherethe response to an event may be managed and supported.ICP: Incident Control Point. A facility where site response to an incident is managed and controlled.Lead Agency: The organisation with the legislative authority; or because of its expertise and resources, agreedauthority; primarily responsible for control of an incidentOther acronyms include:EOC:FNDC:KDC:LTCCP:MCDEM:NRC:WDC:Emergency Operating CentreFar North District CouncilKaipara District CouncilLong Term Council Community PlanMinistry of Civil Defence and Emergency ManagementNorthland Regional CouncilWhangarei District CouncilNorthland Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan, 2010-2015 Page 5