Guide to the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan 2006

Background
The Guide to the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan (the Guide) sets out the arrangements and roles and responsibilities of agencies for the national management, or support to local management, of civil defence emergencies. The purpose of the Guide is to assist and support New Zealand agencies to achieve the purpose of the National CDEM Plan. The Guide incorporates the wording of the National CDEM Plan, which states the principles, arrangements and frameworks that apply to the management of emergencies and supports these with further detail, diagrams and operational information.

Both the Guide and the National CDEM Plan became operational on 1 July 2006 following government approval.

Revision - June 2009
As planning and operational arrangements develop in the sector, they are updated and reflected in the Guide, which is designed to be a ‘living document’. The Guide has been revised and updated in relation to outdated information, policy or work programme changes and areas requiring further clarification and improvement. As a result all sections have undergone a general update and have been republished (version 1.2), and two appendices have been removed from the Guide.

A summary of amendments (pdf) can be downloaded to provide further information on the key areas that have been revised in the Guide, and assembly instructions (pdf) can be downloaded to assist in the process of updating your copy of the Guide.

If you own a copy of the Guide and have not received updated Guide sections please contact NationalCDEM.Plan@dia.govt.nz

Ordering printed copies of the Guide
The Guide is for the use by emergency management practitioners and those persons otherwise responsible for ensuring their agency is ready for, can respond to, and recover from, emergencies.
To order the Guide please fill in an order form (doc), and email to: NationalCDEM.Plan@dia.govt.nz, or print out the completed form and either:
Fax to 04 473 7369, or
Post to Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, PO Box 5010, Wellington.

Downloading copies of the Guide
The Guide to the National CDEM Plan in full (pdf 7.5 MB)

Download by Section ( PDF format)
Summary of Sections and Preface
Section 1. Introduction
Section 2. Hazards and risks
Section 3. Statutory basis for national management of an emergency
Section 4. General roles and responsibilities
Section 5. Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups
Section 6. Emergency services
Section 7. Police
Section 8. Fire Service
Section 9. Health services
Section 10. Lifeline utilities
Section 11. Clusters
Section 12. Welfare
Section 13. Readiness
Section 14. Co-ordinated incident management system
Section 15. Public education
Section 16. Professional development
Section 17. Exercise programmes
Section 18. Response
Section 19. National CDEM warnings
Section 20. National Crisis Management Centre
Section 21. Emergency information management
Section 22. Public information management
Section 23. Mass evacuation
Section 24. International assistance for New Zealand
Section 25. Recovery
Section 26. Government financial support
Appendix 1. Supporting plans
Appendix 2. Definitions and abbreviations
Appendix 3. Agencies listed in the National CDEM Plan and Guide