Community Emergency Response Guide Mosgiel-Taieri

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Introduction 3 During a Landslide 20 The Taieri Plain lies to the west of Dunedin and has a mix of rural and urban environs with Mosgiel being an important service town for the area’s rural community. There are several settlements across the Plain After a Landslip 21 Mosgiel Map 4 including the following: Pandemic 22 Key Hazards 5 Henley is at the southern extremity of the City of Dunedin, 35 kilometres from the city centre, close to Flooding 5 Before a Pandemic 22 Lake Waihola, and at the confluence of the Taieri and Waipori Rivers. The township is prone to flooding by the Taieri River which requires a certain strength of character of residents. The larger Henley area is Fire / Wildfire 5 During a Pandemic 22 divided by State Highway 1 which is built up, and known as ‘the flood-free highway’. Earthquake 6 After a Pandemic 22 Major Storms / Snowstorms 6 Coping in Emergencies 23 Dunedin International Airport is located adjacent to the village of Momona on the Taieri Plain approximately 22 kilometres southwest of Dunedin’s central business district. Land Instability 7 What Would You Do? 24 Pandemic 7 Stuck at Home? 24 Allanton is also located on the Taieri Plain - 20 kilometres along State Highway 1. This settlement lies at the south-west edge of the Plain sitting above the Taieri River at the junction of SH1 and SH86, the main Can’t Get Home? 24 Floods 8 road to Dunedin International Airport. Before a Flood 8 Have to Evacuate? 25 Outram is a larger rural township located on the north-west edge of the Plain, close to the foot of No Power? 25 During a Flood 8 Maungatua. The Taieri River flows close to the township which is 28 kilometres west of Dunedin’s central After a Flood 9 No Water? 26 city on State Highway 87 between Mosgiel and Middlemarch. No Phone or Internet? 26 Flood Maps 10 The small rural settlement of Woodside is located approximately 2 kilometres west of Outram. Caring for Pets and Livestock 27 Fire 12 Mosgiel is the largest settlement in the area and can be found 15 kilometres west of Dunedin’s centre, in Before a Fire 12 Emergency Planning 28 the eastern corner of the Taieri Plain. The Silver Stream, a tributary of the Taieri River, forms the northern During a Fire 12 Step 1: Household Emergency Plan 28 boundary of the suburb. After a Fire 13 Step 2: Emergency Kit 28 Step 3: Stay Connected 28 Community Resilience Earthquake 14 Before an Earthquake 14 Household Emergency Plan 29 During an emergency, often the people who are the first responders will be the people around you, neighbours, friends, family, etc. One way to prepare for emergencies is to actively get to know your During an Earthquake 14 Emergency Kit 32 neighbours and the community around you. By getting to know them you start to create a more resilient, After an Earthquake 15 stronger and supportive environment. Stay Connected 33 Local Dunedin Faults 16 Neighbourhood Support is an organisation that works by creating networks to make our homes, streets Key Civil Defence Sites 34 and communities safer, more caring places to live. Storms / Snowstorms 18 Before a Storm 18 Roles and Responsibilities 36 Find out more at https://neighbourhoodsupport.co.nz. During a Storm 18 Community Response Group 37 After a Storm 19 Notes 38 Land Instability 20 Contact Information 39 Before a Landslide 20

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KEY HAZARDS IN Flooding // Fire/Wildfire // Earthquake // Major Storms & Snowstorms // Mosgiel-Taieri Land Instability // Pandemic

Flooding

Floods can cause injury and loss of life, damage to property and infrastructure, loss of stock, and contamination of water and land. Floods are usually caused by continuous heavy rain or short intense thunderstorms. All floods should be treated as dangerous: • even shallow water can be dangerous, especially if it is moving/flowing • the floods may have risen very quickly • the floodwater may contain debris, such as trees and sheets of corrugated iron. Getting ready before a flood strikes will help reduce damage to your home and business and help you survive. www.otagocdem.govt.nz

Fire / Wildfire

Rural property owners face a higher risk of wildfire than city dwellers. If a fire starts, it may not be detected as quickly, and emergency services take longer to respond due to the greater travel distances. The Taieri Plain contains rural, urban and industrial areas so fire could be a major risk. Smoke from fires encroaching on urban or residential areas can pose a health hazard, so make sure doors and windows are closed to limit smoke entering property. www.fireandemergency.nz

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Earthquake Land Instability

New Zealand lies on the boundary of the Pacific Landslides are vertical and/or horizontal land and Australian tectonic plates. Most earthquakes movements down a slope and most are triggered occur at faults, which are breaks extending by heavy rain, snowmelt, earthquake shaking, deep within the earth, and earthquakes are the volcanic eruptions and gravity. result of movement of these plates. There are Many areas of Dunedin are susceptible to thousands of earthquakes every year, most of landslides due to their hilly nature. Landslides these are not felt as they are either very small can move slowly over extended periods of time or deep within the earth. A large damaging or relatively rapidly as a result of intense rain, earthquake could occur at any time; these may earthquakes or disruption to ground stability be followed by aftershocks that continue for through construction or other activity. days, weeks or months. Early signs that your home may be on an active www.geonet.org.nz landslide are movement within the house – doors sticking, gaps appearing in frames of windows or doors, or cracks in masonry and plaster. www.eqc.govt.nz

Major Storms / Snowstorms Pandemic

Major storms affect wide areas and can be An epidemic occurs when a disease infects many accompanied by strong winds, heavy rain, people at the same time. A pandemic is the spread thunder, lightning, tornadoes and snow. of an epidemic between many countries. They can cause damage to property and infrastructure, affect crops and livestock and The most likely cause of a pandemic in New Zealand disrupt essential services. is a new strain of influenza (“the flu”). MetService issues severe weather warnings A pandemic would impact on all services as many which are relayed via news media, emails alerts people would need to stay away from others. It and online. www.metservice.com is possible that schools and businesses may be temporarily closed by health officials to stop the disease spreading. Emergency services, food distribution, power and telecommunications could all be affected during a pandemic. www.health.govt.nz

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Before a Flood After a Flood • Getting ready before a flood strikes will and how to get there. • Stay informed: Continue to monitor social • Avoid drinking and preparing food with help reduce damage to your home and media and other key information sources tap water until you are certain it is not • Develop a Household Emergency Plan business and help you survive. for Civil Defence instructions (see page contaminated. Check with the Dunedin (see page 28). Assemble and maintain 33). City Council or Public Health South if in • Find out from the Dunedin City Council your emergency items for your home as doubt. if your home or business is at risk from well as a portable getaway kit (see page 32 • It may not be safe to return home even flooding. for details). after floodwaters have receded. • Look for and report broken utility lines to appropriate authorities. • Prepare evacuation plans including how • Check your insurance policy to make sure • Help others if possible, particularly those you can reduce the risk of flooding to you have sufficient cover. who require special assistance. • If your property or contents are damaged your home or business; and what to do take notes and photographs and contact • Check storm water gutters and mud • Throw away food, including canned goods with your pets and livestock if you need to your insurance company. tank covers near you to ensure that they and water that has been contaminated by evacuate. are clear from leaf litter, rubbish or other floodwater. • Inform your landlord if there is damage to • Know local public alerting systems (key blockages. Contact the Dunedin City your rental property. information sources page 33). Council to report any blockages or issues with storm water infrastructure. • Know where the closest high ground is

IF A FLOOD IS IMMINENT AND During a Flood Floods in the Taieri Area • Stay informed on weather updates by monitoring social media and local radio The catchment areas for the Silver Stream, the Henley area stations which will be broadcasting Taieri River and the coastal hills consist of steep Flow into the Henley Floodway (between the Taieri the most appropriate advice for the terrain that in significant rainfall events can River and SH1) will occur when the water level community. www.metservice.com contribute to the waterways rising rapidly. at the Otokia Recorder exceeds 103.1-103.3m. • Check the Otago Regional Council water You can view information about current river flow Overtopping of the Taieri River left bank (Henley monitoring information www.orc.govt.nz and water levels at the Otago Regional Council Township) will occur when the water level at the water monitoring website. www.orc.govt.nz/ Henley Recorder exceeds 102.3-102.5m (see map • If you have a disability or need support, managing-our-environment/water/water- on page 10). monitoring-and-alerts contact your support network. Urban Areas FYI • Where possible, move pets to a safe place, When there are significant and extreme rainfall and stock to higher ground. Cumec = cubic metres per second, that is, how weather events storm water systems may exceed much water is flowing. capacity causing localised surface flooding. • Consider using sandbags to keep water • Fill bathtubs, containers and sinks with Which side of the river? The right or the left side away from your home. clean water in case of water contamination. of the river is as you would see it by looking downstream. • Lift valuable items and chemicals as high • Do not attempt to drive or walk through above the floor as possible. floodwaters unless it is your only escape Gordon Road Spillway route. Overtopping starts when the flow at the Gordon Road Recorder reaches about 125-130cumecs and extensive overtopping over the full length of the spillway occurs when the flow exceeds 150cumecs (see map on page 10) 8 9 Flood Maps get thru...floods

Gordon Road Spillway Henley Spillway and Taieri River – Spillway & Taieri Ponding Areas Floodway and Ponding Areas

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Before a Fire After a Fire To protect your property from fire, we number is not obstructed. Nothing can really prepare you for the impact or longer if the house has been seriously recommend: of a fire or other emergency on your family damaged. • Installing multipurpose dry powder and property. Even a small fire can make you • Installing smoke and fire alarms and extinguishers in your house and • Stay informed: Continue to monitor social feel helpless and unsure of what to do next. testing them regularly. outbuildings. media and other key information sources This is entirely understandable. for Civil Defence instructions (see page • Designing an escape plan and practising • Keeping a garden hose connected and Here is some guidance on the important 33). it. Develop a Household Emergency Plan making sure it is long enough to reach things you need to do if the unimaginable When your house is safe and you are (see page 28). Assemble and maintain around your house. happens. allowed back: your emergency items for your home as • Having easy access to water supplies and well as a portable getaway kit (see page • Do not enter your damaged house unless • Try to find identification, insurance making sure they are signposted. 32). you have to and have been advised that it information, medication, eye glasses, • Storing firewood and other flammable is safe to do so. Fire and Emergency New hearing aid, wallet and valuables. • Keeping the grass green and mowed material away from your house. Zealand will check electricity, water, and around your home and creating a safety • If the house is too badly damaged to gas supplies and either arrange to have zone around your home of at least 10m • Disposing of ash safely in a metal live in, board up openings to discourage them disconnected or advise what action by clearing dead foliage and dry material container and using approved trespassers. to take. and replacing flammable plants with less incinerators. • You may need to arrange security patrols flammable species. • If you can’t enter your home you may to protect from burglary. • Making sure that access to your property need to make alternative accommodation • Keep receipts for expenses resulting • Making sure your property is clearly is kept clear so that fire engines can arrangements and stay with family, from the fire, such as accommodation or signposted with your rapid rural property proceed up your driveway. friends or in a motel for at least one night identification number, and that the clothes.

During a Fire • Crawl low and fast to escape smoke. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED • ‘Get Down, Get Low, Get Out.’ Fire Seasons INSTALLING FIRE SPRINKLERS? • Shut doors behind you to slow the spread There are three fire seasons you should be aware Home sprinklers will protect of fire. of: your family, home and • Meet at the planned meeting place. OPEN FIRE SEASON contents from the threat of fire • Once out, stay out - never go back inside. 24 hours a day. • A fire permit is not required to light a fire in the • Call 111 and ask for ‘Fire’ immediately open air as long as certain conditions are met. The cost of including home from a safe location. sprinklers into a new house or RESTRICTED FIRE SEASON adding them as part of major GIVE THE FOLLOWING • A fire permit from Fire and Emergency New renovations is probably a lot INFORMATION Zealand is required before you may light a fire cheaper than you may think. in the open air. • house number They can be installed by a qualified plumber in PROHIBITED FIRE SEASON • street less than two days. • nearest intersection A total fire ban is in place. Lighting fires in the open More importantly though, sprinklers provide • suburb and city air is not permitted. the fastest possible means of extinguishing • Rapid ID number if you have one For information relating to fire danger, fire season fires in rural homes. status, and requirements for fire permits visit: www.fireandemergency.nz. For more information visit www.fireandemergency.nz 12 13 Earthquake get thru...earthquake

Before an Earthquake After an Earthquake • Being prepared helps to reduce damage qualified advice to make sure your house • Stay informed: Continue to monitor social immediately being cautious of downed to your home and business as well as help is secured to its foundations and any media and other key information sources power lines and debris. Stay out of you to survive. renovations comply with the building for Civil Defence instructions (see page damaged areas. Beware of gas leaks or code. 33). fires and electrical wires. • Develop a Household Emergency Plan (see page 28). Assemble and maintain your • Secure heavy items such as furniture to • Move to higher ground or inland if the • If your property is damaged, take notes emergency items for your home as well as the floor or walls. earthquake is LONG OR STRONG and you and photos for insurance purposes. If you a portable getaway kit (see page 32). are in a coastal area. If the earthquake rent your property, contact your landlord • Check your household insurance policy lasts more than a minute, don’t wait for a as soon as possible. • Identify safe places within your home, for cover and amount. tsunami warning. Wait there until you get school or workplace as well as seeking the all-clear. • Keep your animals under control and take • Practice Drop, Cover and Hold. measures to protect your animals from • Check yourself for injuries and get first hazards. • Visit www.eqc.govt.nz to find out how to aid if necessary before helping others. quake-safe your home • Expect to feel aftershocks. • If you are in a damaged building, exit DROP COVER HOLD

During an Earthquake

IF YOU ARE INSIDE A BUILDING, move no more than a few steps. Drop, Cover and Hold. Stay indoors until the shaking stops and it is safe to exit.

IF YOU ARE IN AN ELEVATOR, Drop, Cover and Hold. When the shaking stops, attempt to exit on the nearest floor if you can safely do so.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, move no more than a few steps away from buildings, streetlights, trees and power lines and then Drop, Cover and Hold. POST DISASTER

IF YOU ARE DRIVING, pull over to a clear location, stop there with your seatbelt Building Management fastened until the shaking stops, at which point proceed with caution. Avoid SAMPLE RED “ENTRY bridges or ramps which may be structurally damaged. Following the 2011 Canterbury earthquake, changes were made to how rapid building safety evaluations PROHIBITED” PLACARD are carried out after earthquakes or floods. The IF YOU ARE IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA OR NEAR UNSTABLE SLOPES OR CLIFFS, Ministry of Building, Innovation & Employment be alert for falling debris or landslides. (MBIE) has developed a number of documents to reflect these changes.

IF YOU ARE NEAR A LAKE, BAY OR RIVER MOUTH consider evacuating to higher These documents are available on www.building. ground immediately as a seiche (inland tsunami) may be generated with potential govt.nz/managing-buildings/post-emergency- to rapidly flood low lying areas to a depth of 4 metres or greater. building-assessment for your information and are designed to be used by trained professionals during a State of Emergency. 14 15 Local Dunedin Faults get thru...earthquake

FAULT LINES AFFECTING DUNEDIN

There are several faults that could impact on Dunedin. This includes, the Akatore Fault System (just off the Dunedin coastline), the Titri fault and other local faults. Along with these, the Alpine Fault running along the length of the Southern Alps also has the potential to cause earthquakes severe enough to damage and disrupt infrastructure including buildings, roads and bridges as well as services such as power, communications, water and sewerage. An earthquake will severely limit emergency services’ ability to respond to calls for assistance. Scientists have established that the Alpine Fault ruptures every 300 years on average, causing an earthquake above magnitude 8 on the Richter Scale. The last rupture occurred in 1777. GNS Science estimates there is a 30% probability the next rupture will occur within 50 years. An Alpine Fault rupture may not affect the Mosgiel-Taieri area as much as those communities closer to the fault, however the widespread impact will disrupt services for an extended period. The most significant impacts for this area will result from a significant earthquake from our local faults. www.projectaf8.co.nz www.geonet.org.nz

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Before a Storm After a Storm • Develop a Household Emergency Plan tarpaulins, boards and duct tape. • Stay informed: Monitor social media • Contact the Dunedin City Council if your (See page 28). Assemble and maintain your listen to local radio stations for emergency house or building has been severely emergency items for your home as well as • If farming, know which paddocks are safe information for your community. For key damaged. a portable getaway kit (see page 32). to move livestock away from floodwaters, information sources see page 33. landslides and power lines. • If your property or contents are damaged • Prepare your property for high winds • Check for injuries and help others if take notes and photographs and contact Secure large and heavy objects and remove • MetService issues severe weather possible, especially those who require your insurance company. Inform your objects which may become missiles. warnings which are relayed via special assistance such as children and the landlord if there is damage to your rental news media, email alerts and online elderly. property. • Keep materials at hand which may be www.metservice.com useful for repairing windows such as • Look for and report broken utility lines to • Ask the Dunedin City Council for advice appropriate authorities. on how to clean up debris safely.

WHEN A WARNING IS ISSUED AND During a Storm • Stay informed on weather updates by monitoring social media and local radio stations which will be broadcasting the most appropriate advice for the Snowstorms community. www.metservice.com In a snowstorm, the primary concerns are the • Avoid leaving your secure area unless potential loss of heat, power and telephone services, absolutely necessary. and a shortage of supplies if storm conditions continue for more than a day. It is important for • Secure items which may get blown about people living in areas at risk from snowstorms to and cause harm in strong winds. consider the need for alternative forms of heating • Close windows and external and internal and power generation. doors. Pull curtains over unprotected glass • Avoid leaving home unless absolutely areas to prevent injury from shattered or necessary when a snow warning is issued. flying glass. Stay away from doors and windows. • If you have to travel make sure you are well prepared with snow chains, sleeping bags, • Store drinking water in containers and fill warm clothing and other essential supplies that bathtubs and sinks with water in the event affected by electrical surges. If power is you will find in your Emergency Items (see page that water supplies are affected. lost, unplug major appliances to reduce 32). the power surge and possible damage • At home, check fuel supplies for heating, • Power cuts may occur in severe weather. when power is restored. Unplug small appliances which may be wood burners, gas heaters, generators and every ten minutes to keep warm. Drink fluids barbeques. to avoid dehydration. Open the window slightly • Bring pets inside. Move domestic animals and to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning. Make stock to shelter. yourself visible to rescuers by tying a brightly coloured cloth to your radio aerial or door and • If you are caught in your car or truck during a keeping the inside light on. snowstorm, stay in your vehicle. Run the engine 18 19 Land Instability get thru...land instability

Before a Landslide After a Landslide • Develop an evacuation • Stay away from the slide area. and surrounding land for damage. plan and emergency items (see pages 28 • Landslides may occur progressively, • Replant damaged ground as soon as and 32). Familiarise often hours or days after the triggering possible because erosion by the loss of yourself with the event e.g. rainstorm or earthquake. Be ground cover can lead to flash flooding. land around you and aware of any changes to your property regularly inspect your following a landslide or event, noting any • If your property has been damaged contact property watching for cracks or ground bulging. EQC and your insurance company. Be the patterns of storm aware that, in general, landslide insurance water drainage on • Watch for flooding which may occur after is not available. However, the Earthquake slopes near your home, a landslide or debris flow. Commission may pay out on claims and paying attention lodged by residential property owners to where runoff water • Stay informed: Continue to monitor social for damage caused by landslides to converges. Watch the media and other key information sources residential properties and their contents, hillsides around your for Civil Defence instructions (see page outbuildings, land within eight metres of home for any sign of 33). buildings and outbuildings, access-way land movement, such land and a range of other structures and as small landslides, • Look for and report broken utility lines to facilities. debris flow or appropriate authorities to prevent further progressively tilting hazards. • Check out www.eqc.govt.nz for further trees. • If you are near a stream or channel, be information. alert for sudden increases or decreases • Check your home’s foundations, chimney • Ensure stock are in safe paddocks if there in water, or a change from clear to is heavy rain and consider precautionary muddy water. Such changes may indicate evacuation if you believe there is a risk of landslide activity upstream. Act quickly. landslide. Save yourself not your belongings.

• Bring pets indoors and maintain direct • Listen for unusual sounds which may control of them. Should you need to indicate moving debris, such as trees evacuate take your pets with you - if it cracking or boulders knocking together. is not safe for you, it is not safe for them. A trickle of flowing mud and debris may Alluvial Fan precede a large landslide. An alluvial fan is a build-up of river or stream Floodwater dominated: During a flood, water sediments which form a sloping landform, shaped will spill across the fan surface. Floodwater flows like an open fan or a segment of a cone. Flooding contain finer sediment than debris flows and on alluvial fans can be damaging as the fans have cannot transport large boulders. Often water flows During a Landslide steeper gradients than river floodplains. down these fans in a thin continuous sheet. These fans are usually not as steep as debris fans, but The gradient decrease and widening of the • If you learn or suspect a landslide is aware of the potential hazard. Help those can still be just as destructive. occurring or about to occur in your area, who need assistance to evacuate. Check flood path where a gully meets the valley floor evacuate immediately. Getting out of for injured and trapped persons and encourages the deposition of sediment, which The main hazards affecting alluvial fans include the path of a landslide or debris flow is animals near the slide, without entering accumulates to form a fan-shaped landform. More inundation by flood water, debris flow and debris your best protection. Consider evacuating the affected area. than 2,000 alluvial fan areas, or 6% of the total flood deposits, channel migration, deposition, and across slopes and not downhill below land area, have been mapped in Otago. erosion. Considerable build-up of sedimentation • Contact the Dunedin City Council. Local may result from alluvial fan floods. However, potential debris paths. There are two types of alluvial fans; debris officials are the people best able to assess debris and flood flows are only intermittent and dominated and floodwater dominated. • Inform neighbours as they may not be the potential danger. usually occur over decades or centuries. Debris dominated: these fans involve flows of For more information about Alluvial Fans in dense viscous mixtures of water, mud, sand, Otago visit www.orc.govt.nz/managing-our- and gravel, mixed with boulders and, commonly, environment/natural-hazards/alluvial-fans woody debris. 20 21 Pandemic get thru...pandemic

Before a Pandemic Coping in Emergencies • Have a plan and be prepared in case you • Prepare for disruptions to essential need to stay at home during a pandemic. services like food distribution as this may Information from Ministry of Health 18 September 2018 You and your family may be so sick that be affected by people who may also be https://www.health.govt.nz/your-health/healthy-living/emergency-management you cannot leave the house for several unable to go to work. weeks. Keep contact details for friends, Distress is an understandable and normal • Sharing your experience and feelings with family and neighbours so you can call • Think about who could look after extended response to major disasters. others – a bit at a time when it is right for them if you need help. family members if they don’t live nearby. you People frequently experience acute stress • Looking after your own and your family’s during emergency events and the majority • Vaccinate yourself and your family • Reduce germs in your home and workplace general health – rest, exercise, food and manage with courage and strength. Although annually against infectious diseases. by regularly disinfecting common company all help (being careful not to most people will manage with the support of surfaces such as phones, remote controls, drink too much alcohol). • Keep at least a week’s supply of food, door handles, light switches, toys and family and friends, there are times when extra tissues and medicines so you don’t need computers. help and support may be needed. Those who 3. When to ask for extra help - Sometimes to make trips out in public. have lost loved ones, have been seriously post-disaster stress can be ongoing. It can injured, or are highly distressed by the disaster affect your physical and mental health and will often need particular support and care. wellbeing.

There are three important things you need to It’s time to ask for help if: know: During a Pandemic • your sleep is badly affected 1. Normal reactions - Normal reactions to a • Follow instructions and advice of health sneezing, wiping children’s noses, • you feel very distressed, irritable, on edge disaster like this include: officials. preparing food and eating, going to the or agitated much of the time toilet, or looking after sick people. Do • Shock and numbness, often fear at first • you feel hopeless, despairing, miserable • Stay informed: Continue to monitor social so for at least 20 seconds - with soap or or that you can’t go on media and other key information sources alcohol gels and, if possible, warm water, • Horror and grief when the extent of loss (see page 33). and dry thoroughly before preparing or is realised • you have trouble concentrating, are distracted and can’t do your usual tasks eating food. • Frustration, anger, helplessness and even • Cover your mouth when coughing or sometimes despair when it all seems too • you feel your health isn’t so good sneezing. Do so into the crook of your • Maintain a personal space of least one much elbow rather than your hand. Use tissues, metre from those who may be ill to avoid • you have recurrent nightmares or intrusive dispose of them properly, and then wash infection. • Sometimes fears or old worries may thoughts about the emergency resurface. your hands. • you have new symptoms or old problems • Stay home if you become ill • These feelings usually settle over the early may seem to have returned (eg, breathing, • Wash your hands after coughing and weeks. heart or stomach problems). 2. Positive ways of coping - Positive ways of • For children, withdrawal, aggressive coping may be: behaviours, difficulties at school, or problems separating from parents or • Supporting one another, especially in the going to sleep may indicate the need for After a Pandemic family and in your community help. • Providing emotional support – comforting Mental health services - where to get help • Follow instructions from health officials. • Visit www.health.govt.nz for more each other www.health.govt.nz/your-health/services- information. • Carrying out practical tasks – tackling the and-support/health-care-services/mental- • Practice good health practices such as health-services getting enough rest, being physically active jobs that need to be done a bit at a time and eating nutritious foods. and counting each success

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Stuck at Home? Have to Evacuate? In most emergencies, it’s best to stay in your own home if it is safe to do so. But that In an emergency, some houses, streets and neighbourhoods may not be safe to stay in may mean being without power and water or any way to get supplies for three days or and you may have to leave home in a hurry. If your street was evacuated where would more. Do you have enough food? What about family members who need medication? you go? What would you take? What about pets? Do you have neighbours who might Do you have enough food for pets to get through too? need your help?

LIGHT UP KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS PACK A GETAWAY BAG CHECK YOUR ZONE Your emergency supplies don’t have to be in Get to know your neighbours. In an emergency, Have a getaway bag ready for everyone in your If you live in a potential flood area, make sure a kit, but you might have to find them in the they may need your help or you may need their family with warm clothes, a bottle of water, your evacuation place is outside of the affected dark. Make sure everyone knows where the help, and you may be able to band together to snacks, copies of important documents and area. See pages 10 & 11 for maps. torches and batteries are. get through. photo ID. Remember any medications you might need and keep your first aid kit, torch, TOP TIP If you have to leave home, take your pets with FRIDGE FIRST TOP TIP radio and batteries somewhere you can grab you. If it’s not safe for you, it’s not safe for them. If the power goes out, eat the food from your Keep up to date with emergency information them in a hurry. fridge first, then your freezer, before you eat by listening to a radio (get one with batteries), Make sure your evacuation place will take your the food in the cupboard or your emergency and checking the Dunedin City Council and DECIDE WHERE TO GO pets or have the contact details for kennels, kit. Emergency Management Otago websites Decide where you will go (and make sure catteries and pet friendly motels. and social media channels. Follow official everyone in your family knows, in case you’re emergency instructions. not all together). Your evacuation place will probably be with friends or family, so make sure they know your plans.

Can’t Get Home? No Power? In an emergency, public transport may not be able to operate, roads may be closed and What would you do if the power was out for days? How will you see, cook, keep warm? streets or neighbourhoods might be blocked off. If you can’t take your normal route Power cuts could affect EFTPOS and ATM machines, so make sure you have some cash home, how will you get there? Who will you go with? Where will you meet up if your at home, or enough supplies to see you through three days or more. street is a no-go zone? LIGHT UP FRIDGE FIRST SECOND MEETING PLACE PACK A GETAWAY BAG Make sure you have torches and batteries, If the power goes out, eat the food from your Agree on a meeting place if you can’t get home. Have a getaway bag at work or in your car, with either in your emergency kit or somewhere fridge first, then your freezer, before you eat It might be the school, a friend’s place, or with walking shoes, warm clothes, some snack food everyone can find them in the dark. the food in the cupboard or your emergency kit. whānau. and a bottle of water. A torch, batteries and STAY TUNED IN radio are useful too. TRAVEL TOGETHER Have a solar or battery powered radio so you TOP TIP If you work away from home, find workmates TOP TIP can keep up with the latest news and alerts. Talk to your neighbours about what they’ll do who live in your area. In an emergency, you Give the school or day care a list of three Know which radio stations to tune in to for if the power is out. You might find they have a could travel together. people who can pick the children up if you can’t information during an emergency. gas bbq and you have enough food to share (or the other way around). get there. STOCK UP Have a stock of food that doesn’t need to be cooked (canned is good) or something to cook your food on (bbq, camp stove). Don’t forget food for babies and pets.

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No Water? Caring for Pets and Livestock Imagine having no water for three days or more. How would you wash, cook, clean? If you have pets, domestic animals or livestock, include them in your emergency What would you drink? planning.

BOTTLING WATER STAY FED AND WASHED • Attach a permanent disc to your pet’s collar • Keep a list of “pet-friendly” hotels and Keep your empty water, juice and fizzy drink Remember to store water for cooking and that clearly states your phone number, motels and their contact details in case bottles, give them a good clean and fill them cleaning as well. You can use the water in your name and address. Microchip your pets. you have to evacuate your home or with water – you need three litres of water for hot water cylinder, but store some extra in neighbourhood. each person for each day that you are without large plastic containers. • Ensure you have a carry box, towel or water. Don’t forget to store water for babies blanket, emergency food, a lead and • If you have domestic animals (such as and pets too. TOP TIP muzzle as part of your pet’s emergency horses, pigs or poultry) or livestock, know You can also fill plastic ice cream containers getaway kit. Put your name, phone number which paddocks are safe to move livestock LONG TERM WATER STORAGE with water and keep them in the freezer. These and address on the box. away from floodwaters, landslides and You can keep stored drinking water for up to a can help keep food cool if the power is off power lines. In the event of an evacuation, year if you add non-scented household bleach and can also be used for drinking. Remember • In the event of an evacuation take your ensure you have a plan in place so that (half a teaspoon for every ten litres of water to change your water when daylight savings pets with you if you can safely do so. Take they will be secure and have food, water and don’t drink for at least half an hour after begins and ends. their vaccination records and essential and shelter. The responsibility for animal mixing). medications with you as this will help your welfare remains with the owner. pet be re-housed if necessary. • Check with your council about local • Make in-case-of-evacuation arrangements arrangements for assisting with domestic with friends or relatives outside your animal issues. neighbourhood or area. No Phone or Internet? If the phone and internet lines were down how would you keep in touch, arrange to meet up, keep up with news and weather alerts? In most emergencies, it’s best to stay in your own home, so make your home your meeting place and have an alternative in case you can’t get there.

PLAN A MEETING POINT OUT OF TOWN CONTACT Talk to your family about how you will get Have an out of town contact that everyone in touch and where you will meet up in an knows about (sometimes when local phone emergency if the phone lines and/or internet lines are down you can still reach people are down. outside your area). Get everyone to check in with your out of town contact by text or online IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN messaging in an emergency if you can. If you have children, make sure you know the school/day care’s emergency plans and give KEEP A LIST the school the names of three people who Keep a written list of important phone numbers. could pick the children up if you can’t get there. TOP TIP STAY TUNED IN In an emergency phone lines can become Have a solar or battery powered radio so you overloaded quickly. Keep them clear so can keep up with the latest news and alerts. emergency calls can be made and, if you can, Know which radio stations to tune in to for use text or online messaging to keep in touch. information during an emergency.

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STEP 1: CREATE AND PRACTICE Emergency Planning Household Emergency Plan

PLAN TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES DO THESE 3 SIMPLE THINGS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY FOR AT LEAST 3 DAYS OR MORE

Many emergencies will affect essential services and possibly disrupt your ability to travel or communicate with each other. You may be confined to your home, or forced to evacuate your neighbourhood. In the immediate aftermath of an emergency, emergency services will not be able to get help to everyone as Step 1: Household Emergency Plan quickly as needed. This is when you are likely to be most vulnerable. So it is important to plan to look after yourself and your loved ones for at least three days or more in the event of an emergency. A household emergency plan will help protect what matters most - you, your loved ones and your Get your family or household together and agree on a plan. A functional emergency plan helps alleviate pets. It includes knowing the best way to leave your home in an emergency, where to meet and fears about potential emergencies, and can help you respond safely and quickly when an emergency how to contact one another if separated. happens. You can get a copy of a household emergency plan and checklist from your local council, download it from www.getthru.govt.nz, or complete the Household Emergency Plan on the next page.

Your plan will help you work out:

• What you will each do in the event of domestic animals or livestock. Step 2: Emergency Kit emergencies such as an earthquake, flood or storm. • How and when to turn off the water, Whether you’re just starting out or you’re a preparedness pro, gathering your emergency supplies electricity and gas at the main switches in is easy. A good rule of thumb is to have supplies for about 3 days. You’ll be surprised at how • How and where you will meet up during your home or business. much you already have. and after an emergency. • Turn off gas only if you suspect a leak, or if • Where to store emergency survival items you are instructed to do so by authorities. and who will be responsible for maintaining If you turn the gas off you will need a supplies. professional to turn it back on and it may take them weeks to respond after an event. • What you will each need to have in your getaway kits and where to keep them. • Which local radio stations to tune in to for information during an event. Step 3: Stay Connected • What you need to do for members of the household, family or community with a • How to contact your local council’s civil disability or special requirement. defence emergency management office for In an emergency or disaster situation you’ll need to know how to get information and how to assistance during an emergency. connect with people around you in your community. Now is a good time to connect so you’ll be • What you will need to do for your pets, ready if it occurs.

IF LIFE OR PROPERTY IS THREATENED, ALWAYS DIAL 111

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STEP 2: CREATE STEP 3: Emergency Kit Stay Connected In an emergency, you could be stuck at home for them in a hurry and/or in the dark. Make a plan (see In a power outage, analogue phones on a copper Connect with a few people on your street so in an three days or more. You probably have most of page 28) to work out what you will need to get your wire network only will continue to operate (Fibre emergency you can: these things already, and you don’t have to have family through. Optic networks will fail). • Make sure everyone is looked after, especially them all in one place, but you might have to find Cell phone communications can become easily those who might need extra help. overloaded in a crisis. Texting is a better way to communicate with friends and family. • Share resources and skills to help each other – three families cooking on one BBQ uses a Use your car to listen to radio broadcasts if you do EMERGENCY ITEMS lot less gas than three families cooking by not have a battery-operated radio. themselves. Use your car for charging your cell phone/ computer. A 12-volt charger is required for this. • Recover faster with less chaos or duplication of Make it part of your kit or keep one in the car. effort.

TELEPHONE TREE • Even better, you’ll be helping build a friendlier, Torch with spare batteries Non-Perishable Food Wind and waterproof Blankets or sleeping bags Toilet paper, large rubbish A phone tree is a network of people organised in or a self-charging torch clothing, sun hats, strong bags for emergency toilet more resilient community every day of the outdoor shoes such a way that they can quickly and easily spread year. information amongst each other. CONNECT WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS Start with a simple smile and introduction. The Communities that recover best from emergencies first step is always the hardest! Then suggest a are those that have good social networks. few of you exchange contact details in case of an emergency. Radio with spare batteries Emergency Water - First Aid Kit and essential Pet Supplies Face and dust masks 9 Litres per person medicines RELIABLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION

GETAWAY KIT Facebook: Radio: • DnEmergency • More FM (97.4FM) • DunedinCityCouncil • The Hits (89.4FM) • Essential items for infants or young children Everyone should have a packed getaway kit • OtagoCDEM • OAR FM (105.4FM) such as formula, food, nappies and a in an easily accessible place at home and at Twitter: • Radio Live (96.6FM) favourite toy work which includes: • @DnEmergency • Newstalk ZB (1044AM) • Torch and radio with spare batteries • Change of clothes (wind/waterproof • @DnCityCouncil • Radio NZ National (101.4FM & 810AM) clothing and strong outdoor shoes) • @OtagoCDEM • Radio Dunedin (95.4FM, 106.7FM & 1305AM) • Any special needs such as hearing aids and Websites: Television: • Toiletries – towel, soap, toothbrush, spare batteries, glasses or mobility aids • www.dunedin.govt.nz • Southern Television - Channel 39 sanitary items, toilet paper, large bucket for • www.otagocdem.govt.nz Two-way radio: • Emergency water - 9 litres per person. emergency toilet • www.orc.govt.nz • NZ UHF PRS Channel 15 • Long lasting food that doesn’t need cooking • Blankets or sleeping bags • www.metservice.com • If you have a PRS radio, use channel 15 as an (unless you have a camping stove or BBQ) Smart phone applications: emergency channel to communicate with • Face and dust masks, work gloves and easy-to-carry food rations such as • Red Cross ‘Hazards’ app other PRS radio users to send and receive energy bars and dried foods. • Pet and baby supplies • My Little Local emergency messages. • First aid kit and essential medicines • Cash, and copies of important documents • MetService

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Mosgiel-Taieri Key Sites in an Emergency

These centres can be set up as information and drop-in centres, assembly, evacuation and welfare points or temporary shelters. Wingatui Hall Please note: Not all of these venues will be open in an emergency. Please refer to the Dunedin City Council 270 Gladstone Road North, website and/or Civil Defence social media for information about which Civil Defence Centre has been opened. Wingatui Other sites may also be established to assist and support the community including sandbagging collection site(s) in flooding events or other resources that may be required depending on the situation or emergency. See page 33 for ways to get information.

Downes Room, Mosgiel Library 7 Hartstone Ave, Mosgiel AgResearch Invermay Agricultural Centre 176 Puddle Alley, Mosgiel Mosgiel Memorial RSA 6 Church Street, Mosgiel

Taieri College Green Street, Mosgiel North Taieri Presbyterian Church and Hall 39 Wairongoa Road, North Taieri Coronation Hall 99 Gordon Road, Mosgiel

Taieri Bowling Club 12 Wickliffe St, Mosgiel

Outram Hall 45 Holyhead Road, Outram

Burns Lodge 89 Church Street, Mosgiel

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Key Organisations Mosgiel Taieri Roles and Responsibilities Community Response Group

The roles and responsibilities of the emergency services are clearly defined by legislation. In the event of this plan being activated due to the emergency event occurring, the roles and responsibilities of community groups are set out below.

• Liaise with police and emergency services to initiate and assist in a response to a civil emergency, disseminate warnings and identify and make arrangements for civil defence centres if required The Mosgiel – Taieri Community Response Group has been established by the Mosgiel – Taieri Community Board to activate in an emergency to establish a Community Response Co- • Maintain law and order ordination Centre to provide local support for responding to the event. • Protect life and property • Assist the coroner This may include the following actions: • Search and Rescue • Liaise with the Dunedin Emergency Operations Centre to determine what action should be taken. • Coordinate evacuations • Act as “eyes and ears” in the area to provide accurate and timely information about the situation. • Provision of emergency medical care • Consider who will be affected and where.

• Fire-fighting responsibilities • Access all vulnerable population sites in the area or zone. • Containment of releases and spillages of hazardous substances • Activate community warning systems, i.e. phone tree, texting, social media and local radio. • Urban Search and Rescue • Limitation of damage • Consider the establishment of the Community Response Coordination Centre. • Redistribution of water for specific needs • Remain in communication with the Dunedin Emergency Operations Centre, emergency services, • Provides assistance and support where required, to help communities around community groups, Community Patrol, Neighbourhood Support. the country. We work closely with the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management To find out more about the group please contact Emergency Management Otago via the Dunedin City Council on 03 477 4000. • Community Patrol works closely with Police as extra “eyes and ears” to assist Police and other agencies to build safer communities.

• Creates safe and caring neighbourhoods and communities, building community resilience and strengthening community networks to improve the quality of life and enhance well-being

• Our mission is to build a loving community in which everyone values animals’ needs.

• We’re here to build strong New Zealand communities, providing the support to help them respond so that, together, we can develop strong resilient New Zealand families.

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Notes Contact Information

Do not call 111 for information and advice. Calling 111 unnecessarily may put others who are in a genuine emergency situation at risk.

Dial 111 (Emergencies Only) Dial 111 Fire & Emergency (Emergencies Only) 0800 673 473 Dial 111 Mosgiel Police Station www.fireandemergency.nz (Emergencies Only) 03 489 3534 Non-Emergency Enquiries Mosgiel Fire Station www.police.govt.nz 0800 42 62 85 03 489 7999 Outram Fire Station www.stjohn.org.nz 03 489 1671

Dunedin City Council www.otagocdem.govt.nz Mosgiel-Taieri Community 03 474 0827 Board Dunedin Emergency Operations Centre www.orc.govt.nz 03 477 4000 03 477 4000 www.dunedin.govt.nz

www.nzta.govt.nz www.doc.govt.nz www.metservice.com www.redcross.org.nz 0800 362 468 0800 REDCROSS

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LOCAL CIVIL EMERGENCY COUNCIL DEFENCE SITES SERVICES

Dunedin City Council Emergency Management Otago New Zealand Police 03 477 4000 www.otagocdem.govt.nz www.police.govt.nz www.dunedin.govt.nz Ministry of Civil Defence Fire & Emergency New Zealand Otago Regional Council www.civildefence.govt.nz www.fireandemergency.nz 0800 472 082 www.orc.govt.nz Be prepared St John Ambulance www.happens.nz www.stjohn.org.nz www.getthru.govt.nz