Many of our course attendees ask us what we think about the triangle of life earthquake advice circulating in cyberspace, originally generated by Doug Copp, a self-professed emergency management expert. ...
Mental Health Needs Following a Disaster
Two recent articles in the news highlight the need to help groups of people following a disaster by sharing techniques to help them with their pain, grief and fears, and to reinforce ...
NZQA External Evaluation & Review
2022 – Report of External Evaluation and Review
Our 2022 NZQA External Evaluation and Review report is now available (see link above). As a Category 1 Training Provider, we are very proud ...
Emergency Text Alerts from WREMO (Wellington Region Emergency Management Office)
Keep in touch and hear about Wellington Emergencies.
You can sign up to get emergency alerts from the Wellington Region Emergency Management Office (WREMO) through the Red Cross’ Hazard App, which ...
Safe Camping and Caravaning
Before you know the kiwi mass exodus to the beach or country side will begin. Perhaps you’re going to be getting away from it all on your holiday and live in a tent or a caravan and fire ...
Holiday Preparedness – Avoid Burglaries
It’s the holiday season. In between planning end of year events, Christmas shopping and what to do for the summer break, you need to start thinking about how to make ...
Earthquake Commission
The Earthquake Commission (EQC) was established by the Government in 1945 to provide ...
What’s The Plan Stan
Earthquakes, floods, storms, tsunami, and volcanic eruptions, as well as non-natural hazards such as fires and pandemics, can be frightening because they strike at any time and often without warning.
Understanding ...
Multi-Agency CIMS
Our latest multi-agency CIMS (Co-Ordinated Incident Management System) course brought together people from a range of different organisations.
Get Ready Get Thru Website
Due to its location and environment, New Zealand faces many potential disasters. In some cases, such as a weather related or volcanic disaster, there may be time for a warning.
But ...
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Disabilities
This article is about people with a disability managing an emergency.
Training WCC Civil Defence Centre Volunteers
We have ran CIMS training for Civil Defence Centre Managers within the Wellington City Area. In a major ...
Information
Devereux-Blum is comitted to keeping you informed, with regular news releases on topical issues – archived away here for your reference, a range of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to ...
What do courses cost?
As our courses are tailored to the organisation we work with, we meet with prospective clients to discuss a range of details including, the training required, the numbers being trained, equipment required. ...
Do I receive a certificate for the training delivered?
Yes where we have indicated so in our proposal for training. You receive a certificate for completing the course requirements and full attendance at the training. People have used these in their CVs ...
I’m not sure I can physically cope with the practical parts of the training. Does this exclude me?
As part of the planning stage, we look at the people we are working with and any specific needs we need to take into account. We believe all people have strengths so we prefer to nurture people’s ...
Do you bring your own equipment?
Yes we do bring specialised equipment in when people are looking at different options and want the opportunity to work with particular equipment. At other times we work with the equipment available ...
What do you see as the benefits of ongoing training?
With 20 years experience working with organisations on an ongoing basis we have observed people in organisations who are well aware of what to do in a range of emergencies. Organisations ...
If we want to gain NZQA accreditation from your training what do we do?
As an NZQA Training provider we will coach you through this process. We can advise you on how you can gain credit for your training on the NZQA framework and how to get it entered ...
Do you recognise people’s past experience?
We value people’s past experience and this is taken into full consideration when planning. Recognition of current competency is an important aspect.
How long are the training workshops?
Typically we deliver training between one day and six days duration. We plan the workshops to meet your organisations needs fully. It is important not to compromise the quality ...
How do we start to train our staff?
We work with you to ensure that the needs you have identified in your organisation can be planned for and met fully. This involves working alongside the people responsible for the ...
Do you deliver training throughout NZ?
Yes. Our training is specialised and due to our experience we travel throughout New Zealand.