Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan, 2010

1 INTRODUCTIONSection 1 outlines the Plan purpose, audience and structure and the process bywhich the Plan was developed. It also provides an introduction to the Northlandregion and the Northland CDEM Group, including the Group’s membership,stakeholders, vision and goals and how those goals align with the National CDEMPlan and Strategy.1.1 SETTING THE SCENEThe Civil Defence Emergency Management Act (CDEM) 2002 required the establishment of CDEM Groups basedon Regional Council boundaries. CDEM Groups are a consortium of local authorities working in partnership withemergency services and other stakeholders to deliver CDEM at a regional and local level.This Plan is the statutory reference for the Northland CDEM Group and details the arrangements for theimplementation of CDEM within the Group’s jurisdiction. It has been developed in accordance with the Director’sGuideline for CDEM Group Plan Review (DGL0909) to assist with achieving national consistency of CDEM GroupPlans.1.1.1 WHO THIS PLAN IS FORTarget audiences are individuals and agencies with roles and responsibilities in addressing hazards and risks in theNorthland region under the CDEM Act, being:Local authorities – to coordinate and integrate all aspects of their hazards and emergency managementfunctions and activities under this Act and other legislationEmergency services and community support agencies – in support of their readiness, response and recoveryplanning and deliveryLifeline utilities (including local authority services) – to link with their strategic risk reduction and operationalplanning for emergency readiness, response and recovery of servicesGovernment departments- to integrate national planning and service delivery in support of local CDEMmanagement.Members of the public will gain an overview of how the above agencies are planning to manage hazards and risksin their region. However specific information on local hazard management and emergency procedures (includingassessing and reducing risks, and under taking self-preparedness and response actions) are covered withinrelevant public information, policies and plans, and service delivery processes of their local councils, relevantcentral government agencies and local community organisations. Appendix A lists the Northland CDEM primary and strategic stakeholders.1.1.2 PLAN STATUS AND CHANGEThis is the second Northland CDEM Group Plan (the first Plan was adopted in 2004).The Draft Plan was publicly notified in December 2009 and submissions were considered before being submittedto the Minister for comment in February. The final revised Plan was approved by the Northland CDEM Group inMarch 2010 and takes effect from that time.This Plan will remain in effect for five years from the date of approval until reviewed by the Group and eitheramended, revoked, replaced or left unchanged. The CDEM Act 2002 (s56, s57) sets out a public process by whichamendments can be made to the Plan and, other than those deemed to be “minor”, any amendments to the Planare required to be publicly notified to allow affected parties to lodge submissions. See Section 7: Plan Monitoring and Evaluation for further details.Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan, 2010-2015 Page 9