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Canterbury CDEM Group Plan Review

1 February 2010

The Canterbury Regional Emergency Management Office is leading the 5-year review of the region's Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan for the member authorities of the Canterbury CDEM Group.

A systematic, risk-based approach to the review is being put in place through briefings of the various emergency management-related committees and forums within Canterbury over the next few months. The review process is based on the recently released Ministry of CDEM Group Plan Review Guideline and is intended to be completed before the end of 2010.

A region-wide CDEM capability assessment will be carried out in February and March to inform the review of the plan. For more information on the assessment process you can go to the Ministry of CDEM Monitoring and Evaluation web-page.

Canterbury CDEM partner agencies, at local and regional levels, will be involved in the review process, with the public being consulted at key stages of the review. The objective being to ensure that we are all working togethe ras effectively as we can to enable communities and organisations across Canterbury to be as resilient as they can be.

Jon Mitchell. Manager

Regional Emergency Management Office

 

 

Emergency Contact Details

In the first instance contact your local City/District Council (contact numbers in the back of the Yellow Pages) or if it is a life threathening situation call the Emergency Services on 111

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For more information go to:   Pandemic Roadshow

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Useful resources relating to pandemic preparedness include:

NZ Ministry of Health resources
NZ Ministry of CDEM Pandemic Planning Guidance for:
Communities (small file - Practical community group planning tool)
Local Government/CDEM Groups (large file)
NZ Ministry of Economic Development resources
UK Small Business Pandemic Planning Checklist
USA Centres for Disease Control pandemic site

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About the Canterbury CDEM Group

The Canterbury CDEM Group is a partnership of local authorities, emergency services and other organisations tasked with providing effective and comprehensive management of major hazards and their consequences anywhere in Canterbury.

The CDEM Group's vision is:

A Resilient Canterbury - Waitaha Tukaha
A resilient Canterbury will exist when communities are environmentally, socially and physically resilient to the impact of emergency events.

The Canterbury CDEM Group area extends to the northern boundaries of Kaikoura and Hurunui Districts, to the west along the boundary with the West Coast Region, to the south on the southern boundaries of Timaru and Waimate Districts, and to the Pacific Ocean to the East.

The broad purpose of the CDEM Group is to assist the communities of Canterbury to be more aware of the significant hazards that they may face, and to better enable the community and emergency response organisations to be more resilient to those hazards in the future.

Planning together is a crucial aspect of effective emergency management. The CDEM Group partners have been developing a comprehensive CDEM Plan for Canterbury since the CDEM Act came into effect in December 2002. The Draft Plan was opened for public consultation on 10 January 2005. Submissions closed on 10 February and the Plan became operative prior to 24 April 2005.

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