CDEM publications A-Z
This page serves as an index to the range of CDEM-related publications, papers, resources and reference material available on our website.
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Best Practice Guides supplement the CDEM Act, Regulations and Director's Guidelines. They are informative in nature, not being issued under the Act's authority. They serve to provide information, current best practice examples and advice on how to carry out a range of CDEM tasks and are usually developed in partnership with a range of agencies
BPG 1/03 Lifelines and CDEM Planning (pdf 1.4MB)
BPG 3/06 Spontaneous Volunteer Management Planning (pdf 1.1MB)
BGP 2/06 Donated Goods Management Planning (pdf 150kB)
Building Safety Evaluation During a Declared State of Emergency - Guidelines for Territorial Authorities Link to the download page.


C
Care Facilities Emergency Planning Guide - Hawkes Bay & Gisborne (pdf 1MB)
CDEM Act 2002 (pdf 180kB)
CDEM Competency Framework [TS02/09] (pdf 1.5MB)
CDEM Library The Emergency Management Collection hosted by the DIA library
Cluster Approach for CDEM: Enhancing multi-agency relationships (pdf 200kB)
Controllers Guide see DGL 06/08 Response Management: Director's Guideline for CDEM Group and Local Controllers (pdf 1MB)
Creating a Resilient New Zealand (pdf 393kB) Kirsten Finnis explores preparedness motivation strategies.

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Director's Guidelines provide guidance and advice on how a function defined by legislation or national planning arrangements should be performed.
DGL 1/02 The Formation of CDEM Groups (pdf 383kB)
DGL 2/02 Developing a CDEM Group Plan (pdf 500kB)
DGL 3/02 Lifeline Utilities & Emergency Management (pdf 430kB)
DGL 4/05 Recovery Management (pdf 1.0MB)
DGL 05/06 Declaration (pdf 1.4MB)
DGL 06/08 Response Management: Director's Guideline for CDEM Group and Local Controllers (pdf 1MB)
DGL 07/08 Mass Evacuation Planning (pdf 1.5MB)
DGL 08/08 Tsunami Evacuation Zones (pdf 2MB)
DGL 09/09 CDEM Group Plan Review (pdf 2.4 MB) and associated file Risk Profile Template (xls 60kB)
DGL 10/09 CDEM Exercises (pdf 800kB)

Disabilities: Disaster preparedness information for people with (pdf 1.5MB) Produced collaboratively by BOP CDEM Group, Disabilities Resource Centre Trust and American Red Cross
Disaster Impact Assessment Link to conceptual framework document page and related downloads
Donated Goods Management Planning (pdf 150kB)

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E-Bulletin index page
Earthquake safety fact sheet (pdf) Ministry response to the "triangle of life" advice of Doug Copp
Emergency Declarations Database Link to declarations pages
Emergency Management Audit For Businesses (pdf 38 kB)
Emergency Management Collection, The hosted by the DIA library
Event Planning Link to the events planning page and related downloads

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Fire following earthquake (pdf 150kB)
Finnis Report (pdf 400kB)
Focus on Recovery (pdf 170 kB) A Holistic Framework for Recovery in New Zealand
Food safety in adverse weather (pdf )

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Get Ready Get Thru Brochure (pdf) and Household Checklist (pdf)
Glossary: CDEM definitions and abbreviations (pdf 54KB)
Guide to the National CDEM Plan 2006 Link to the CDEM Guide page and related downloads

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Hazard Assessment for Businesses (pdf 50 kB)
Hazardscape Report, National Link to the download page
Hurricane Kartina: Social and community recovery challenges (pdf 600kB)

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Impact Newsletter Link to the Impact back-issue page.
Improving Utility Disaster Resilience (doc 100 kB)

Information Series Information series documents supplement the CDEM Act, Regulations and Director's Guidelines. They are informative in nature, not being issued under the Act's authority. They serve to provide information, current best practice examples and advice on how to carry out a range of CDEM tasks and are usually developed in partnership with a range of agencies.
IS 5/05 Focus on Recovery: A holistic framework for recovery in New Zealand (pdf 1.6MB)
IS 6/05 Organisational Debriefing (pdf 360kB)
IS 8/06 Working Together: Guidelines for Emergency Managers working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities. (pdf 320kB)
IS 7/06 Pandemic Planning Guide (pdf 188kB)
IS 9/07 Public Information Management (pdf 857kB) Annex to the PIM Guidelines (doc 137kB)
IS 10/09 Public Alerting: Options Assessment (pdf 3MB)

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Lifelines and CDEM Planning (pdf 1.4MB) BPG 1/03
Lifeline Utilities & Emergency Management (pdf 430kB) DGL 3/02

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Ministerial Awards for Civil Defence and Emergency Management - Programme Information and nomination forms (pdf 370k)
Minister's forum 2007 keynote presentations by Michele Daly (pdf 822kB) and David Elims (pdf 1.4MB)
Mass Evacuation Guidelines see DGL 07/08 Mass Evacuation Planning (pdf 1.5MB)

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National CDEM Strategy Link to the download page
National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Link to the National CDEM Plan page
National Enquiry System (pdf 158kB)
National Hazardscape Report Link to the download page
National Tsunami Advisory and Warning Plan Link to the download page

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Pandemic Planning Guide (pdf 188kB)
Planning and Preparedness for Businesses (pdf 60kB)
Post-hurricane Katrina research trip Analysis of welfare and recovery activity
Preparing Civil Defence Emergency Expenditure Response Claims - Guidelines for Local Government (pdf 30kB)
PIM Guidelines Link to the Public Information Management Guidelines page and related downloads
Public Alerting Documents Link to the download page

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Recovery Management (pdf 1.0MB)
Reid Report February 2004 floods (pdf 1.9MB)
Ruapehu Lahar Residual Risk Assessment Report Link to a 2002 risk assessment page.

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Safety Planning Guidelines for Events Link to the events planning page and related downloads
San Francisco Earthquake Centenary Conference 2006. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute notes (doc 30kB) and Powerpoint (122kB). Conference Report (doc 576kB)
Short History of Civil Defence in New Zealand (pdf 200kB)
Spontaneous Volunteer Management Planning (pdf 1.1MB)
State Services Commission review of MCDEM (pdf 75kB)
Stress and Response Fact Sheets Link to stress fact sheet page and related downloads

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Technical Standards These documents outline specific CDEM functions or activities. They are issued under section 115(e) of the CDEM Act 2002.
[TS01/08] Tsunami Signage (pdf 700kB)
[TS02/09] CDEM Competency Framework (pdf 1.5MB)

Tephra index
The Emergency Management Selection DIA library resource for the CDEM sector
The Formation of CDEM Groups (pdf 383kB)
The Guide to the National CDEM Plan 2006 Link to the CDEM Guide page and related downloads
Tsunami Advisory and Warning National Plan Link to the download page
Tsunami Evacuation Zones Director's Guideline DGL 08/08 (pdf 2MB)
Tsunami: MCDEM internal review into the Samoan tsunami response (pdf 274kB)
Tsunami Public Education brochure (pdf 450kB)
Tsunami Risk and Preparedness in New Zealand Link to GNS Science reports
Tsunami Seminars 2008 Link to the speaker presentations download page
Tsunami Signage: 2007 GNS Science report and recommendations (pdf 2.0MB)
Tsunami Signage: Technical Standard [TS01/08] (pdf 700kB)

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Volcano Assessment: Lesson for NZ from Equador eruptions 2004 (pdf 2.7MB)
Volcanic ash Two documents prepared by the International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN), Cities and Volcanoes Commission, GNS Science and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to promote the safety of those who experience volcanic ashfall. General preparedness (pdf 498kB) Heath issues (pdf 544kB)

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Waiho River - Franz Josef Risk Assessment Link to Waiho River Assessment report page and downloadable report
Water, Water Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink (pdf 370kB) A study into health protection issues following the Feilding floods, 2004
Whither The Emergency Manager? (pdf 40kB)
Working Together: Guidelines for Emergency Managers working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities. (pdf 320kB)
Working Together: The Formation of CDEM Groups (pdf 350kB)
Writing Operational Exercises for Emergency Management (pdf 370kB)

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Yellow Pages ad (pdf) Revised in 2009

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