Emergency Management

Getting Prepared

By taking some simple steps, you can make sure you, your family, and your workplace are prepared for an emergency.

In a disaster situation, you need to be prepared to cope on your own for at least three days, and to manage without services like water, power and gas, and communications.

Getting prepared is simple. You need to have:

a household, neighbourhood and workplace plan so you know what to do if disaster strikes
essential food, water, clothing and medical supplies for you and your family to cope for at least three days – our preparedness checklist will help you prepare
a getaway kit of essential emergency and medical items if you need to be evacuated.

Emergency preparedness tools and checklists

Register on Readynet

Your business, school, community or neighbourhood group can record information on our emergency preparedness network Readynet. This information will be shared with the 111 call centres and the Hutt Valley emergency operations centre. We also use the network to send information and alerts to you via text message and email.

Getting through a disaster

In an emergency, your main sources of information will be radio stations and this website.

Civil Emergencies

The Hutt Valley Emergency Management Office

Emergency Management Office

Rural Fire

Hazard Facts

Training Providers

Devereux-Blum Training and Development

Should you need additional information please e-mail: Emergency Management, or telephone infoline (04) 570-6666.