National Exercise Programme Calendar
Exercises for 2010
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
Past exercise
Exercises scheduled for 2010 are listed below.
Date: March 2010 (Date TBC)
Financial Year: 2010/2011
Exercise Name: Exercise Guardian 3
Exercise Theme: Counter Terrorism
Tier: Other
Lead Agency: NZ Police
Participating Agencies:
Details:
Date: August 2010 (Date TBC)
Financial Year: 2010/2011
Exercise Name: Exercise Guardian 4
Exercise Theme: Counter Terrorism
Tier: Other
Lead Agency: NZ Police
Participating Agencies:
Details:
Date: 20 October 2010
Financial Year: 2010/2011
Exercise Name: TBC
Exercise Theme: Tsunami
Tier: 4
Lead Agency: MCDEM
Participating Agencies: All 16 CDEM Groups
Details: The theme and objectives for the national Tier 4 exercise in 2010 were agreed by the NEP Governance Group at the annual meeting held on 25 August 2009. The exercise will focus on a tsunami threat that requires decision making about warnings, information and evacuations. Besides the response aspects, it will also set the scene to focus on tsunami preparedness and public awareness in the build up to the exercise.
The scale of the exercise will provide an opportunity to test a series of outcomes delivered under the national tsunami risk management programme since 2008. These outcomes include tsunami source modelling (arrival times, likely impacts), evacuation planning and signage and public alerting options. Standard operating procedures and tsunami advisory and warning plans will also be thoroughly tested.
The exercise will test the response to a distant source tsunami. Nominations will be invited from CDEM Groups and other agencies to participate in the exercise writing team. For further information, please contact Jo Guard at jo.guard@dia.govt.nz
Date: October 2010 (date TBC)
Financial Year: 2010/2011
Exercise Name: Exercise Pacific Wave
Exercise Theme: Tsunami
Tier: TBC
Lead Agency: MCDEM
Participating Agencies: All 16 CDEM Groups
Details: Exercise Pacific Wave is another tsunami-themed exercise to be conducted in October 2010 but is likely to be held on a different date to the Tier 4 exercise explained above. The international tsunami community will participate in this exercise along with support from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) in Hawaii.
The exercise scenario will be a south west Pacific regional source tsunami (likely in the Tonga/Kermadec trench) with less than 3 hours warning for New Zealand. New Zealand will take part in the exercise by testing the national warning system.
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