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Hon Nikki Kaye
Minister of Civil
Defence
27 November 2015
New plan and guide for managing emergencies from 1 December
Civil Defence Minister Nikki Kaye today announced that the new National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan and supporting guide will come into effect on 1 December 2015.
“The plan sets out the roles and responsibilities of everyone involved in preparing for, responding to and recovering from emergencies,” says Ms Kaye.
“The supporting guide, which incorporates the plan’s wording as well as extra detail, diagrams and operational information to help those implementing the plan, has been released today.
“Together, these documents ensure we now have much more robust, complete and better understood ways of delivering on the crucial functions of risk reduction and readiness, and responding to and recovering from emergencies.
“The arrangements in the plan and guide apply to everyone from central Government to local authorities, emergency services, lifelines utilities such as electricity suppliers and non-government organisations such as Victim Support.
“Sections in the documents cover the specific roles of those involved in emergencies, and also cover more general topics such as capability development, exercises and testing, public education and the operation of the National Crisis Management Centre in Wellington.
“Years of work and extensive consultation with the public and relevant agencies and organisations have gone into developing the latest version of the plan and guide, including consideration by select committee.
“The documents also incorporate important lessons learned from the Canterbury earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.”
Important changes to the revised
plan and guide mean they now:
• set out 18
hazards and risks that will be managed nationally, from
earthquakes to major transport accidents
•
clarify the role of lead agencies to provide greater
understanding of who’s responsible for managing particular
hazards during an emergency, eg Ministry of Civil Defence &
Emergency Management (MCDEM) for natural hazards; NZ Police
for terrorism; Ministry of Primary Industries for
biosecurity, food safety and drought
• identify
the role that the NZ Defence Force can play in an emergency,
eg by helping with evacuation, cordon management, aerial
reconnaissance and deploying goods and services to affected
communities
• include new arrangements for
building management, such as building assessments to protect
life and manage the safety of people in and near
buildings
• recognise the role of research and
science organisations such as GNS Science and MetService,
which can help understand and monitor hazards and provide
advice and information during emergencies
•
enhance welfare services arrangements to better meet the
needs of affected communities during emergencies, eg the
need for financial assistance; psychosocial support;
emergency accommodation; care and protection of children
separated from parents, and animal welfare
•
incorporate new arrangements for logistics, to make sure the
right type and amount of resources are deployed and provided
during emergencies
• set out new arrangements for
business continuity planning and emergency response planning
for local authorities, government departments and lifeline
utilities, so essential services can continue to be provided
to communities, and response agencies can operate
effectively during emergencies.
“New Zealand is no stranger to emergencies, including our first-ever national state of emergency following the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
“Our resilience as a nation depends on us being prepared to handle any emergency that comes our way, and the revised plan and guide provide us with the foundation to ensure we can do this.”
The Guide to the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan 2015 is available here
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