National CDEM Exercise Programme 2002-2006
Date: 2002-2006
Exercise Name: Exercise Phoenix Series
Exercise Theme: Earthquake
Tier: 3
Lead Agency: Wellington CDEM Group
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Details: The Exercise Phoenix series of exercises were developed to test capability in the event of a major earthquake on the Wellington Fault.
Date: 2004
Exercise Name: Exercise Pegasus
Exercise Theme: Earthquake
Tier: 3
Lead Agency: Canterbury CDEM Group
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Details: The Exercise Phoenix series of exercises were developed to test capability in the event of a major earthquake on the Wellington Fault.
Date: 2006
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Exercise Name: Exercise Pacific Wave
Exercise Theme: Tsunami
Tier: 4
Lead Agency: Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management
Participating Agencies: Central Government agencies and all 16 CDEM Groups.
Details: New Zealand is vulnerable to tsunami. This exercise was developed around the scenario of a tsunami generated from an earthquake on the Chilean coast.
Date: 2006
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Exercise Name: Exercise Capital Quake
Exercise Theme: Earthquake
Tier: 4
Lead Agency: Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management
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Details: Exercise Capital Quake ‘06 involved over 50 organisations and more than 1000 people over a 36 hour period, and was one of the largest whole of central government exercises to be held. The exercise was designed to test New Zealand’s all-of-nation arrangements for responding to a major Civil Defence emergency - a 7.6 earthquake on the Wellington Fault.