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Kingston Area Map 3 Road Transport Crashes 21 KINGSTON Before, during and after 21 Truck crash zones maps 22 Key Hazards 4 Area Map Earthquake 4 Major Storms / Snowstorms 4 Kingston Township 6 Flood 4 Evacuation Routes 23 Wildfire 4 Landslide 5 Accident 5 Kingston Evacuation Routes 24
Household Emergency Plan 6 Garston Evacuation Routes 25
Emergency Survival Kit 7 Getaway Kit 7 Plan Activation Process 26 Roles and responsibilities 26 Stay in touch 7 6 Civil Defence Centres 27
Earthquake 8 KINGSTON Before and during an earthquake 8 Vulnerable Population Site 28 After an earthquake 9 Post disaster building management 9 Kingston 6 Tactical Sites Map 29 & 30 Major Storms / Snowstorms 11 Garston Before and when a warning is issued 11 Tactical Sites Map 31 After a storm, snowstorms 12
Kingston Flood 13 Civil Defence Centres Map 32 Before, during and after 13 Lake & River level 14 Lake Wakatipu Flood map 15 Garston Upper Mataura Flood map 16 Civil Defence Centres Map 33 6
GARSTON Wildfires 17 Visitor, Tourist and Before and during 17 Foreign National Welfare 34 After a fire 18 Fire seasons 18 Emergency Contacts 35 Landslide 19 Before and during 19 Notes 36
After a landslide 20 6 Danger signs 20 NOKOMAI For further information 40 2 3 get ready... get ready...
Flooding THE KEY HAZARDS IN KINGSTON Floods can cause injury and loss of life, • the floods have risen very quickly Earthquake // Major Storms // Snowstorms damage to property and infrastructure, loss of • the floodwater contains debris, such as trees stock, and contamination of water and land. and sheets of corrugated iron. Flooding // Wildfire // Landslide // Accident Floods are usually caused by continuous Getting ready before a flood strikes will help heavy rain or thunderstorms. A flood becomes reduce damage to your home and business and dangerous if: help you survive. water.orc.govt.nz • the water is very deep or travelling very fast envdata.es.govt.nz Earthquake Wildfire New Zealand lies on the boundary of the Pacific FIRE DANGER TODAY and Australian tectonic plates. Most earthquakes Although there are many benefits to living in the occur at faults, which are breaks extending deep country, rural property owners face a higher risk of HIGH E VE AT RY within the earth, caused by movements of fire than city dwellers. R H DE I O GH these plates. If a fire starts it may not be detected as quickly and M There are thousands of earthquakes in New emergency services take longer to respond because E X of greater travel distances. T Zealand every year, but most of them are not felt R W E O M L because they are either small, or very deep within For information on fire danger, fire season E the earth. Each year there are about 150 – 200 status and requirements for fire permits visit quakes that are big enough to be felt. A large, fireandemergency.nz damaging earthquake could occur at any time, and can be followed by aftershocks that continue for days, weeks or months. www.geonet.org.nz Landslide
Landslides are vertical and horizontal land volcanic eruptions and gravity. Major storms / Snowstorms movement down a slope and most are triggered www.geonet.org.nz by heavy rain, snowmelt, earthquake shaking, www.eqc.govt.nz
Major storms affect wide areas and can be accompanied by strong winds, heavy rain, thunder, lightning, tornadoes and snow. They can cause damage to property, infrastructure, affect Road Transport Crashes crops and livestock and disrupt essential services. Queenstown Lakes’ topography is varied, is challenging. The New Zealand Transport Agency Severe weather warnings are issued by ranging from rolling flats to mountain passes, operates the state highways and Queenstown the MetService and available through the with many winding roads. Add in ice and snow, Lakes District council manages the local roads. broadcast media, by email alerts, and online at visitors unfamiliar with our conditions, and www.nzta.govt.nz and www.qldc.govt.nz www.metservice.com congested roads, managing transport in this area
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CREATE AND PRACTICE CREATE Household Emergency Plan Emergency Survival Kit
In most emergencies you should be able to stay in Assemble and maintain your emergency survival items for yOUR HOUSEHOLD ess your home. Plan to be able to look after yourself your home as well as a portable getaway kit in case you ame P one num e s and your household for at least three days or more. have to leave in a hurry. You should also have essential