After the November 2016 Kaikoura earthquakes, Mental Health NZ compiled a useful list of resources to help guide people through earthquakes and aftershocks.
Earthquake Awareness
Earthquake Awareness
This course is designed to give all staff an awareness of the risk of earthquakes within New Zealand and to assist them in their earthquake preparedness within their workplace and homes.
The Earthquake Awareness content covers:
- Recent events within NZ
- Surviving an Earthquake
- Tsunami risk following an Earthquake
- Canterbury Earthquakes of 2010 & 2011
- Civil Defence Structure in NZ
- Planning for emergencies
- Managing an event at an organisational level
- The CIMS structure
- Personal safety at work and home
- Personal earthquake preparedness
- Household emergency plans
- Survival kits
- Getaway bags & Grab bags
- What happens after the earthquake
- Utilities
- Sewage & Sanitation issues
To discuss ...
Emergency Preparedness Auditing
Need your Emergency Preparedness audited. We offer the following Audit Services:
- Business Continuity Plan review and update.
- Emergency
‘Triangle of Life’ advice resurfaces (again)
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. The triangle of life theory usually resurfaces ...
Earthquake Commission
The Earthquake Commission (EQC) was established by the Government in 1945 to provide earthquake and war damage cover for purchasers ...
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 an earthquake or a tsunami close to land ...
Civil Defence Rescue / General Rescue Training/USAR
We deliver Civil Defence Rescue Training throughout New Zealand. As a category one NZQA Training Provider for 19 years, we are experienced private training providers in this sector. We have, for ...