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The New Zealand Co-ordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) [1] is New Zealand's system for managing the response to an incident involving multiple responding agencies.Its developers based the system on the United States' Incident Command System (ICS) - developed in the 1970s - and on other countries' adaptations of ICS, such as Australia's Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management ...
Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) – The New Zealand Fire Service was the lead agency for New Zealand USAR operations (Civil defence & emergency management Act 2002) They also managed three USAR Task Force level teams, providing communications and resources. Being the lead agency, the New Zealand Fire Service also coordinated the 17 NZ Response ...
It remains the deadliest fire in New Zealand. Sprott House fire, 1969 – on 26 July 1969, a fire broke out at the Sprott House rest home in Karori, Wellington, killing seven of the 21 residents. As a result, the Fire Safety (Evacuation of Buildings) Regulations 1970 were made, making sprinklers, automatic alarms and evacuation schemes ...
The New Zealand Fire Service requires all schools and educational facilities to carry out a fire drill (termed a trial evacuation) at least once every six months, unless a shorter period is specified in the school's approved evacuation scheme. Schools need to give the Fire Service 7–10 working days' notice before a fire drill is planned, and ...
By contrast, Wellington Free Ambulance provides service to 12 percent of the population of New Zealand and three district health boards (Capital & Coast, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa), providing service to more than 500,000 residents. They respond to an estimated 40,000 calls per year. [9] [10] Land Ambulances in New Zealand
Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Whakaratonga Iwi) Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) Health Quality and Safety Commission (Te Tāhū Hauora Health) Health Research Council of New Zealand; Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities; Maritime New Zealand (Nō te rere moana Aotearoa) New Zealand Antarctic Institute; New Zealand Blood Service (Te Ratonga ...
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In 2024, the Government released the findings of an inquiry into the performance of New Zealand's emergency management system. The inquiry focussed on the response to three severe weather events in the North Island in early 2023: Cyclone Hale (8 to 12 January), Auckland Anniversary floods (26 January to 3 February), and Cyclone Gabrielle (12 to ...