Review of the Tsunami Evacuation 2017
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3:34am<br />
Email to Councillors and CEO advising EOC has opened and <strong>the</strong> team will provide regular<br />
updates<br />
3:35am Telephone call to (volunteer Fire Fighter in Sumner) re ga<strong>the</strong>ring information<br />
<strong>of</strong> response from Sumner residents to inform whe<strong>the</strong>r messaging is effective<br />
3:36am Surely if <strong>the</strong> civil defence map has 3-5m waves for Canterbury coast <strong>the</strong>n 1km is not far enough<br />
away for evacuation?<br />
3:45am Telephone call to re whe<strong>the</strong>r Sumner residents are evacuating<br />
3:45am Telephone to (Geological Hazards Analyst, Environment Canterbury, Group<br />
natural hazards adviser) requesting any updates. confident that a tsunami in<br />
Christchurch was still very unlikely but that until MCDEM cancelled <strong>the</strong> tsunami warning, it was<br />
not appropriate for <strong>the</strong> sirens to be deactivated.<br />
3:50am Media release by CCC advising residents that residents in low-lying coastal areas within 1km <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> Canterbury coast are instructed to evacuate, sirens have been sounding for some time and<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir operation may be intermittent but <strong>the</strong> precautionary evacuation order remains in place.<br />
Media releases issued to a database <strong>of</strong> media contacts, elected members, community boards,<br />
etc.<br />
3:51am Text message from to Mayor – “Updating on civil defence website and ccc<br />
website”.<br />
Mary<br />
Richardson, CCC<br />
CDEM<br />
Resident<br />
CDEM<br />
CDEM<br />
PIM<br />
CCC<br />
Copy <strong>of</strong> email subject line<br />
“Mary has run to say<br />
<strong>Tsunami</strong> sirens about to be<br />
activated”<br />
Interview with Mary<br />
Richardson<br />
Mobile phone records<br />
supplied by Spark<br />
Interview with<br />
Interview with<br />
CDEM Facebook page<br />
Mobile phone records<br />
supplied by Spark<br />
Interview with<br />
Interview with<br />
Mobile phone records<br />
supplied by Spark<br />
Interview with<br />
Interview with<br />
Copy <strong>of</strong> media release<br />
subject line “3.50am Civil<br />
Defence earthquake<br />
update”<br />
Interview with<br />
Interview with <strong>the</strong> Mayor<br />
Interview with<br />
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