Tsunami: When minutes count
Tsunami: When minutes count
New Zealanders who experienced the Samoa tsunami in 2009 share their survival stories
Community Engagement in the CDEM context [BPG 4/10]
Community Engagement in the CDEM context [BPG 4/10]
This document provides a guide of the best practice to the process through which communities can be engaged and be involved in civil defence emergency management in their area.
The Guide to the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan
The Guide to the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan
The Guide to the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan (the Guide) sets out the arrangements and roles and responsibilities of agencies for the national management, or support to local management, of civil defence emergencies.
CDEM Competency Framework [TS02/09]
CDEM Competency Framework [TS02/09]
The CDEM Competency Framework has been developed as a strategic framework of key competencies required in order to successfully perform the functions of CDEM in New Zealand. It also promotes the professionalisation of emergency management by recognising the professional and personal development needs of CDEM stakeholders.
Public Alerting: Options Assessment [IS 10/09]
Public Alerting: Options Assessment [IS 10/09]
This document provides guidance and a decision support tool for assessment of public alerting options available for application by local authorities.
Director's Guideline 07/08: Mass Evacuation Planning - 27 June 2008
Mass Evacuation Planning [DGL 07/08] (1.5 MB)
This Director’s Guideline is for use by the Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Group and Local Authority Emergency Management Officers to assist them to facilitate evacuation planning activities and prepare evacuation plans in order to meet the requirements of the CDEM Act 2002 and the National CDEM Plan 2005. It will also be of use to those within other agencies performing similar or associated duties, roles and functions.
Technical standard 01/08: National tsunami signage - 7 July 2009
Tsunami Signage [TS 01/08] (1001 KB)
The objective of the Technical Standard is to provide consistency in the signs and their placement across New Zealand, and to make our tsunami signage compliant with those used overseas. Compliance by CDEM Groups with this Technical Standard will not only provide a consistent approach across New Zealand, but it will also contribute to public awareness of the risks posed by tsunamis and better understanding of what should be done by communities in response to an event.
National Civil Defence Emergency Management Strategy
National Civil Defence Emergency Management Strategy (1 MB)
This National Civil Defence Emergency Management Strategy has been replaced by the National Disaster Resilience Strategy which took effect on 10 April 2019.
National Hazardscape Report
National Hazardscape Report
The National Hazardscape Report is the first New Zealand Government report to provide a thorough description of the New Zealand hazardscape. The National Hazardscape Report is a non-statutory document aimed at informing policy makers, hazard managers and their advisors in carrying out hazard and risk management at the national and local level.
Presentation: The health hazards of volcanic ash: a guide for the public - 21 August 2007 - International Volcanic Health Hazard Network | GNS Science
The Health Hazards of Volcanic Ash: A Guide for the Public (544 KB)
This guide explains the potential health effects of volcanic ash and gives details on how to protect yourself and your family in the event of a volcanic ashfall.