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Disaster Preparedness

Disasters can strike any time. This topic covers surviving disasters like earthquakes, storms, and tsunamis. It also covers survival kits, emergency plans, and relief agencies like civil defence, the police, and fire service. SCIS no. 1807255

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4-person emergency kit

4-person emergency kit

One comprehensive emergency kit contained within a 68 litre heavy duty plastic storage case; includes four personal essentials packs, a survival first aid kit, an After Shake base pack and two 20 l...

Disaster preparedness

The Government is working towards disaster preparedness.

Boosting disaster preparedness

Boosting disaster preparedness

Get-to-know-you grant aims to boost disaster preparedness.

Emergency survival kit

Emergency survival kit

A cartoon related to emergency survival kits.

Funding disaster preparedness

The World Bank is encouraging Pacific states to set aside funds for disaster preparedness.

The Joint Centre for Disaster Research

The Joint Centre for Disaster Research

A researcher for the Joint Centre for Disaster Research delivers questionnaires on emergency preparedness to randomly selected Wellington households. The centre is a collaboration between GNS Scien...

Disaster expert warns against generic safety plans

Disaster expert warns against generic safety plans

Disaster preparedness expert says Pacific businesses and communities cannot afford to rely on generic emergency plans when disaster strikes.

Vanuatu gets a state-of-the-art disaster warning facility

The World Bank says a new disaster early warning centre in Vanuatu is just one of a number of measures being taken to help the Pacific cope better with the...

Disaster response exercises underway in Fiji

Disaster response simulation exercises are being undertaken in Nadi, Fiji over two days, as NGOs hope to ensure fewer lives are lost in the Pacific following a disaster. Seven New...

People unprepared

Many people are unprepared for natural disasters a survey shows.

Research papers

Emergency plans for schools

Emergency plans in schools: Individualised disaster planning for students with impaired vision.

Homemade disaster kits

Homemade disaster kits are cheaper and better, says Consumer NZ.

Disaster kit

This cartoon followed the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake that resulted in severe damage and many casualties. After disaster strikes, electricity and water will be cut off, roads damaged a...

Family plans urged by Fire Service

The Fire Service says families must have evacuation plans in place to prevent tragedies like a fatal house fire in Mangere early on Tuesday in which four people died.

Part-time hero

A poster advertising the work of New Zealand Red Cross outreach volunteers.

Building resilience to natural disasters

Building resilience to natural disasters

NIWA works with architects and government agencies to help Samoa cope with natural disasters.

Tsunami safe zones

Tsunami safe zones

Wellington looks to extend tsunami safe zones.

Emergency survival kit

Emergency survival kit

Being prepared for an emergency is a key message from Civil Defence.

Check emergency kits

Check emergency kits

New Zealanders need to check that their emergency management kits are up to scratch.

Police emergency kit

Police emergency kit

Sergeant Fords displays a police emergency kit.

Donations for a nursery emergency kit in 1942.

Wrong advice on clothes

4 girls on ann ill-fated expedition were inadequately clothed.

Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management

The official New Zealand Civil Defence website.

Download the Hazard App to help you and your family prepare for and respond to hazards in New Zealand.

Consumer tests emergency survival kits

Find out what you need when disaster strikes.

Provides information about how to prepare for an outdoor trip.

Emergency preparedness for seniors

Information to help seniors prepare for emergencies.

Auckland is unprepared for disaster

Most Aucklanders are unprepared for a natural disaster.

Natural disasters

EPA lists ways to reduce risks to health and the environment from natural disasters.

How to prepare an earthquake kit

A video showing you what to pack in your earthquake kit.

Disaster preparedness

A gallery of images related to disaster preparedness.

Disaster preparedness

How to keep pets safe during a disaster.

Disaster preparedness

A gallery of images related to disaster preparedness.

Helps people to get ready and prepare for a disaster situation.

Life experiences boost quake preparation

People who haven't experienced natural disasters have been motivated to prepare after speaking with those who have.

Disaster risk reduction

10 things you should know about disaster risk reduction.

Disaster preparedness and people with disabilities

Discusses how disasters affect people with disabilities.

How to organise and prepare for disasters

Tips to help you prepare for a disaster.

Teaching children disaster planning

Teaching children how to prepare for disasters, helps improve the knowledge of their parents and teachers too.

Homeowner’s guide to lightning safety

Information about lightning safety.

Prepared for disasters

New Zealanders more prepared for disasters following Canterbury quake.

Preparing for disasters in your home

Provides information about what to buy and what to skip.

Research Papers

Disaster preparedness in schools

Disaster preparedness education in schools: Recommendations for New Zealand and the United States.

Explains how to build an emergency supply kit, and make a family emergency plan.

What’s the plan, Stan?

Provides lesson ideas related to disaster preparedness.

Natural disasters can strike at any time – know what to do before you have to do it.

Siren out of control

A prolonged blast from a steam traction engine caused great alarm and excitement in Blenheim last evening.

Preparation for natural disasters

How prepared are Māori communities should there be an eruption?

Emergency management

Hutt City information about emergency preparedness.

Disaster expert warns against generic safety plans

Earthquake preparation in Wellington

Earthquake preparation in Wellington

Cartoon related to emergency survival kits.

Survival kits

Survival kits – what do you need to pack in yours?

Who’s on your team?

Students work in small groups to select a 6-member disaster response team from a set of 12 biography cards.

Home disaster kit

Students select items to include in a home disaster kit for a family in case of emergency.

Fire and Emergency's preparations for climate change and increasing fire risk

Climate change is a challenge faced internationally by emergency services but Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) says it's well-resourced and will have "a couple of decades" to prepare.