National Exercise Programme Calendar
Exercises for 2009
The National Exercise Programme Calendar adopts a colour-coded approach to the tier levels:
Upcoming TIER 2
Upcoming TIER 3
Upcoming TIER 4
Upcoming OTHER
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Exercises scheduled for 2009 are listed below.
Date: 6,12 and 13 November 2009
Financial Year: 2009/2010
Exercise Name: Exercise Phoenix VI
Exercise Theme: Earthquake
Tier: 2
Lead Agency: Wellington CDEM Group
Participating Agencies:
Details:
Date: 13 November 2009
Financial Year: 2009/2010
Exercise Name: Exercise Bay Vac
Exercise Theme: Flooding
Tier: Tier 2
Lead Agency: Hawkes Bay CDEM Group
Participating Agencies:
Details:
Date: 18 September 2009
Financial Year: 2009/2010
Exercise Name: Exercise Ru Whenua
Exercise Theme: Earthquake
Tier: 2
Lead Agency: West Coast CDEM Group
Participating Agencies: 4 Councils, MCDEM, Lifelines and Welfare organisations.
Details: Earthquake on Alpine Fault causing significant damage and disruption to the West Coast region and wider South Island.
Date: 4 September 2009
Financial Year: 2009/2010
Exercise Name: Exercise Pandora
Exercise Theme: Infrastructure failure
Tier: 2
Lead Agency: Canterbury CDEM Group
Participating Agencies:
Details: Widespread power disruption throughout Canterbury and possibly the South Island. The exercise will run from approximately 0800 hours to 2100 hours. Other CDEM Groups may wish to use the scenario and take part in the exercise. If you are interested in learning more about this exercise scenario please contact James Thompson at the Canterbury CDEM Group james.thompson@ecan.govt.nz.
Date: 26 August 2009
Financial Year: 2009/2010
Exercise Name: Exercise Cloudy Bay
Exercise Theme: Tsunami
Tier: 2
Lead Agency: Marlborough CDEM Group
Participating Agencies:
Details:
Date: Was to be held on 30 July 2009. This exercise has been postponed, date to be advised
Financial Year: 2009/2010
Exercise Name: Exercise Giselle
Exercise Theme: Snow
Tier: 3
Lead Agency: Southland CDEM Group
Participating Agencies: Otago CDEM Group
Details: This exercise has been postponed, date to be advised
Date: 19 February 2009
Financial Year: 2009/2010
Exercise Name: Exercise Paradise
Exercise Theme: Earthquake
Tier: 2
Lead Agency: Otago CDEM Group
Participating Agencies:
Details: This exercise was scheduled to be held on 1 August 2008 but was postponed due to a storm event that impacted the whole country.
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