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19 November 2009

Disaster Awareness Week “Emergency Ready” Competition winner announced.

The winner of the 2009 “Emergency Ready” competition is Euan and Robyn Heffer of Mt. Pleasant, Christchurch.  Euan and Robyn have two children, Samuel (7) and Emily (1). 2009 is the first year this competition has been held.

Euan and Robyn’s house will be made “Emergency Ready” on Saturday, November 21, from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm.  The New Zealand Fire Service, St. John Ambulance, Christchurch City Council and Canterbury Emergency Management Office staff members will be assisting the family in making their home emergency ready.

Activities with the family will include:

• Fire services checking all smoke alarms and developing a fire response plan.
• Water and food storage for emergencies and how to create an emergency plan.
• First aid basics with St. John.

“Euan’s entry was chosen because of his answer to the question about why his family should be prepared.  He answered that he wanted his family to be prepared so he could assist members of his community.  His community attitude, coupled with his desire to protect his family, is why he was chosen as our competition winner,” says Canterbury Emergency Management Office manager Jon Mitchell.

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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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