Who can help you prepare for a disaster in Palmerston
North
Emergency management training and systems for individuals and
business
Emergency
Management Academy of New Zealand in Palmerston North (external
website)
Devereux-Blum, Training & Development Ltd:
emergency management training (external website)
Hydro
Response Ltd: flood protection systems (external website)
Home and business emergency supplies
National First
Aid Distributors (external website)
Prepare.co.nz: online survival store (external
website)
Local first aid training providers
The Order of
St John First Aid Courses (external website)
New Zealand
Red Cross Courses (external website)
Websites that help you prepare for an emergency
Get ready,
get thru: How you and your family can prepare for an emergency
[external website]
What's the plan Stan? Activities for kids and
schools [external website]
Be prepared in your business [external
website]
Planning for an influenza pandemic in Palmerston
North [external website]
Emergency education and training for community groups, schools
and workplaces
Our Emergency Management Officers do over 100 presentations each
year to churches, Neighbourhood Support Groups, schools,
businesses, social clubs and many other audiences.
Schools: ask about our interesting educational 'emergency
themed' activities for youth.
Phone the Council Call Centre (06) 356 8199 or
Email us about a presentation, workplace
training or school activity
Emergency Management Links
New Zealand Sites
Earthquake
Commission [external website]
Latest New Zealand earthquake info, as well as information on the
EQC organisation.
Horizons Regional Council [external
website]
Horizons Regional Council promotes quality for life by
ensuring the environment is protected while meeting the economic,
cultural and social needs of the community.
Institute of
Geological & Nuclear Sciences [external website]
Latest earthquake and volcanic status.
Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency
Management [external website]
About the Ministry, where to find your local authority and how to
prepare for a disaster.
New
Zealand Red Cross [external website]
First Aid kits and manuals, courses and school programmes.
New Zealand's
Rural Fire Management Site [external website]
Fire related weather, publications, research and projects.
NIWA [external website]
Hazard information and advice.
International Sites
Asian
Disaster Reduction Centre (ADRC) [external website]
Latest disaster information from around the world.
Emergency
Management Australia (EMA) [external website]
Emergency management in Australia, education and training,
volunteers, publications and research.
Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) [external website]
US Department of Homeland Security, disaster communities,
emergency personnel, education and training, news media.
Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre [external
website]
Provides tsunami warnings to countries in the Pacific Basin.