Wellington Region Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Site

**This is the temporary site for the Wellington Region Civil Defence Emergency Management Group.

A new website is currently under development.**

It's easy! Get prepared for an emergency.

Check out the new step-by-step emergency preparedness guide. Work through this booklet to make sure you are prepared for an emergency.

It's easy! Get prepared for an emergency.

Tsunami evacuation zone maps

Greater Wellington and GNS have worked together to develop maps which identify areas within the region which may be at risk from tsunami. These maps will be used by local councils to develop localised evacuation plans. It is important to note that the zones are indicative only and simply identify the areas that each of the local councils wish to evacuate to protect residents for different size tsunami. These zones are ‘evacuation zones’ and are not ‘inundation zones’.

Civil defence starts at home

Emergencies occur every day in urban and rural areas. These emergencies generally involve risk to few people at any one time and are dealt with by Police, Fire Service or Ambulance and medical services in our communities.

There is always the possibility that something much more severe could occur. In these situations the day-to-day staffing and equipment levels of our emergency services and other agencies will be insufficient to deal with the scale of events as quickly as they normally do.

While we have plans to manage the consequences of major emergencies, overseas experience shows that most people will have to look after themselves and the people they are with for at least three days. Only the most seriously affected are likely to be assisted by normal response agencies during this period.

The better prepared you are, the safer and more comfortable you and those you care for will be. No one else can remove that responsibility from you.

The site has three main functions:

• To provide education and information about civil defence emergency management and general preparedness in the Wellington region.
• To provide emergency management agencies with updates on the activities of the CDEM Group.
• To provide information to the public and emergency management agencies in the event of a disaster.

There are plenty of things that you can do to get prepared at home work and school. Check out these pages to find out more.