Health Emergency Response

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Emergency Events

Current Events

There are no current emergency events, but is your practice or pharmacy ready for the next natural disaster? We can help your team by leading a tabletop exercise at your site. Guided discussion about what has happened before, what could happen, and how your business will respond will be led by CPRG Emergency Management Lead, Hanna Sorby. Talk to your practice relationship manager, PHO, or CCPG to get in touch, or email us directly on admin@cprg.org.nz.

For up-to-date information on known hazards, visit these sites below. There are also a couple of really interesting weather sites that you might be interested in: Ventusky – Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps and Windy: Rain, thunder. There are different filters you can apply (e.g. rain, wind, etc.) to see real-time weather patterns across NZ and the world.

Emergency Management Updates & Resources

• NEMA: https://www.civildefence.govt.nz/about/about-nema/
• Canterbury CDEM Group: https://www.cdemcanterbury.govt.nz/
• Get Ready, Get Thru: https://getready.govt.nz/en/

Tsunami

• Environment Canterbury : Tsunamis | Environment Canterbury (ecan.govt.nz)
• GeoNet Tsunami Network: https://www.geonet.org.nz/tsunami
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre: https://www.tsunami.gov/
• LINZ Tide predictions: https://www.linz.govt.nz/sea/tides/tide-predictions

Earthquakes

• GeoNet Quakes: https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/weak
• United States Geological Survey (earthquakes): https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

Weather

• MetService: https://www.metservice.com/national/home
• MetService Severe Weather Warnings: Weather Warnings & Watches | MetService
• NIWA: https://shiny.niwa.co.nz/drought-forecast/

Other

• Christchurch City Council: https://www.ccc.govt.nz/
• Orion Power Outages: http://www.oriongroup.co.nz/current
• MainPower’s outage map:  https://outages.mainpower.co.nz/
• Roadworks map: https://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/christchurch/planned-roadworks
• Fire weather risk: https://fireweather.niwa.co.nz/indices