Community Emergency Response Guide Waihemo 1 contents... Waihe- Waihemo Area Map 3 Fire 20 BeforeaFire 20 Waihemo Area Map Emergency Planning 5 DuringaFire 20 Step 1: Household Emergency Plan 5 After a Fire 21 Step 2: Emergency Survival Kit 5 Step 3: Stay Connected 5 Floods 22 Before a Flood 22 Household Emergency Plan 6 During a Flood 22 After a Flood 23 Emergency Survival Kit 7 Flood Map 24 Stay Connected 8 Pandemic 25 Key Hazards 9 Before a Pandemic 25 Tsunami 9 During a Pandemic 25 Earthquake 9 After a Pandemic 25 Wildfire 10 MajorStorms/Snowstorms 10 Fire Map & Instructions 26 Pandemic 11 Flooding 11 Tactical Sites Map - Palmerston 27 Tsunami 12 Civil Defence Centres Before a Tsunami 12 Visitor, Tourist & Foreign Nationals During a Tsunami 12 Welfare Maps 29 After a Tsunami 13 Vulnerable Population - Palmerston 30 Earthquake 16 Before an Earthquake 16 Roles and Responsibilities 31 During an Earthquake 16 Contact Information 32 After an Earthquake 17 Notes 33 Major Storms / Snowstorms 18 Before a Storm 18 During a Storm 18 After a Storm 19 2 3 get ready... Te mahi tahi ki te hanga i Emergency Planning ngā hapori aumangea DO THESE 3 SIMPLE THINGS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY Working together to build resilient communities Step 1: Household Emergency Plan Due to its location and environment, New Zealand faces many potential A household emergency plan will help protect what matters most - you, your loved ones and your disasters. In some cases, such as a weather related or volcanic disaster, pets. It includes knowing the best way to leave your home in an emergency, where to meet and there may be time for a warning. But an earthquake or a tsunami close to how to contact one another if separated. land could strike without warning. All disasters have the potential to cause disruption, damage property and take lives. So it’s vital that you prepare now. Step 2: Emergency Survival Kit This community response plan will help to show you Whether you’re just starting out or you’re a preparedness pro, gathering your emergency supplies is easy. A good rule of thumb is to have supplies for about 3 days. You’ll be surprised at how how to get ready so you’ll get through. much you already have. Step 3: Stay Connected In an emergency or disaster situation you’ll need to know how to get information and how to connect with people around you in your community. Now is a good time to connect so you’ll be ready if a disaster situation occurs. 4 5 get ready... STEP 1: CREATE AND PRACTICE STEP 2: CREATE Household Emergency Plan Emergency Survival Kit In most emergencies you should be able to stay in also have essential emergency items in your your home. Plan to be able to look after yourself workplace and in your car. and your household for at least three days or more. Thought should be given to keeping a sufficient Assemble and maintain your emergency survival level of fuel in your vehicle. No less than 1/4 of a items for your home as well as a portable getaway tank is often thought of as best practice. kit in case you have to leave in a hurry. You should EMERGENCY SURVIVAL ITEMS Torch with spare batteries Wind and waterproof Blankets or sleeping bags Toilet paper, large rubbish or a selff-charging torch clothing, sun hats, strong bags for your emergency outdoor shoes toilet First Aid Kit and essenttial Radio with spare batteries Pet Supplies Face and dust masks mediciines GETAWAY KIT Everyone should have a packed getaway kit such as formula, food, nappies and a in an easily accessible place at home and at favourite toy work which includes: • Torch and radio with spare batteries • Change of clothes (wind / waterproof clothing and strong outdoor shoes) • Any special needs such as hearing aids and spare batteries, glasses or mobility aids • Toiletries – towel, soap, toothbrush, sanitary items, toilet paper • Emergency water and easy-to-carry food rations such as energy bars and dried foods. • Blankets or sleeping bags • First aid kit and essential medicines • Face and dust masks • Essential items for infants or young children • Pet supplies 6 7 Key Haz- get ready... STEP 3: KEY HAZARDS IN Tsunami // Earthquake // Major Storms // Stay Connected Snowstorms//Wildfire//Flooding// Pandemic In a power outage, only analogue phones on a Connect with your neighbours Waihemo copper wire network will continue to operate (Fibre • Share contact details with your neighbours so optic networks will fail). you can contact one another if an emergency Cell phone networks can become easily overloaded occurs in a crisis. Texting is a better way to communicate • Tell your neighbours about your emergency with friends and family. plan and ask about their plans Tsunami Use your car to listen to radio broadcasts if you do • Find out who amongst your neighbours may not have a battery operated radio. be able to help you or may need your help in a disaster New Zealand’s entire coast is at risk of tsunami. Use your car for charging your cell phone/ computer. Atsunamicanviolentlyfloodcoastlines,causing • ContactNeighbourhoodSupporttofindoutifa A 12v charger is required for this. Make it part of devastating property damage, injuries and loss network exists in your neighbourhood your kit or keep in the car. Portable power packs of life. are another device to have in your emergency kit. Connect with your community A tsunami is a natural phenomenon consisting In an emergency or disaster situation you’ll need to • Create a network with at least 3 other people of a series of waves generated when a large know how to get information and how to connect where you all let each each other know that a volume of water in the sea, or in a lake, is rapidly with people around you in your community. Now Civil Defence alert is issued displaced. A tsunami can be caused by large is a good time to connect so you’ll be ready if a • Join a local online community through sites like submarine or coastal earthquakes; underwater disaster situation occurs. Facebook or Twitter. If one doesn’t exist for landslides which may be triggered by an your area, consider creating one earthquake or volcanic activity; large coastal Connect with your local Civil Defence: clifforlakesidelandslides;orvolcaniceruptions • Follow Civil Defence on Facebook and Twitter • Check out the community section for more beneath or near the sea. information. • Learn what radio stations Civil Defence will broadcast through in your area in a disaster. RELIABLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION Earthquake Radio Website You can listen to alerts and accurate up to Bookmark Emergency Management Otago’s date information on radio stations in your area website www.otagocdem.govt.nz. The website New Zealand lies on the boundary of the including but not limited to: is also a useful place to start if you want to help Pacific and Australian tectonic plates. Most • Puketapu Radio 756AM your family be better prepared. earthquakes occur at faults, which are breaks • The Hits 98.4FM extending deep within the earth, caused by Emergency Alerts movements of these plates. • MoreFM100FM New Zealand has a new mobile alerting system which will automatically send an alert to mobile There are thousands of earthquakes in NZ • RadioLive100.8FM phones that are capable of receiving them. You every year, but most are not felt because they • Happy Days - 88.3FM don’t need to sign up to receive these. are either small, or very deep within the earth. Eachyearthereareabout150–200quakesbig Social Media Provided your phone’s operating system enough to be felt. A large, damaging earthquake On both Facebook and Twitter, follow @ enables you to receive them and you are in an could occur at any time, and can be followed OtagoCDEM, and you’ll get information directly area with cellphone coverage, you will get the by aftershocks that continue for days or weeks. from Emergency Management Otago. alert. You can check if your phone will receive www.geonet.org.nz these alerts at www.civildefence.govt.nz. 8 9 get ready... Major Storms / Snowstorms Flooding Major storms affect wide areas and can be Floods can cause injury and loss of life, damage accompanied by strong winds, heavy rain, to property and infrastructure, loss of stock, thunder, lightning, tornadoes and snow. and contamination of water and land. Floods are usually caused by continuous heavy rain or They can cause damage to property, thunderstorms.Afloodbecomesdangerousif: infrastructure,affectcropsandlivestockand • the water is very deep or travelling very fast disrupt essential services. • thefloodshaverisenveryquickly Severe weather warnings are issued by • the floodwater contains debris, such as the MetService and available through the trees and sheets of corrugated iron. broadcast media, by email alerts, and online at Getting ready before a flood strikes will help www.metservice.com reduce damage to your home and business and help you survive. www.orc.govt.nz Wildfire Pandemic Although there are many benefits to living An epidemic occurs when a disease infects many in the country, rural property owners face a people at the same time. A pandemic is the spread higherriskoffirethancitydwellers. of an epidemic between many countries. Ifafirestartsitmaynotbedetectedasquickly The most likely cause of a pandemic in New Zealand and emergency services take longer to respond isanewstrainofinfluenza(“theflu”). because of greater travel distances. A pandemic would impact on all services as many For information on fire danger, fire season people would need to stay away from others. It status and requirements for fire permits visit is possible that schools and businesses may be www.checkitsalright.nz temporarily closed by health officials to stop the disease spreading.