Who Do I Call?

For any information to do with civil defence in the Central Hawke‘s Bay District, either e-mail Bruce Kitto or phone on 06-857-8060 or 027-446-3796.  He can supply you with information such as:

• Location of your nearest Civil Defence Centre and how that Centre functions in a Civil Defence Emergency or Disaster.
• Details of the Civil Defence Centre Manager for your area.
• Preparing an Emergency Survival Kit and an Emergency Plan for your family.
• What to do in any Civil Defence Emergency or Disaster.

Further Civil Defence Management advice is available from the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management website.

Emergency Planning Guide available

Hawke's Bay and Gisborne Care Facilities Emergency Planning Guide:  An excellent planning guide/template for facillities eg. elderly care, pre-school education etc. wishing to develop their own emergency plan can be downloaded here.

Hawkes Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group

The HB Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups aims are:

• To provide governance and oversight to ensure the resilience of the Hawke’s Bay communities to a wide range of hazards.
• Agree on actions to improve the provision of civil defence emergency management services to the region’s communities.

It was established  in March 2003 as a result of the introduction of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act in December 2002.  Each local authority in Hawke’s Bay (Central Hawke’s Bay, Hastings, and Wairoa District Councils, Napier City Council, and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council), has joined together to form the HB CDEM Group.  Members of the CDEM Group are the Mayors from each local authority and the Chairman of the Regional Council.  Alan Dick is the Chairman of this group. 

Hawke's Bay Civil Defence Emergency Managment Group Website

Are you prepared to survive a disaster?

General rules for Civil Defence Emergencies:

• Recognise the emergency warning system - the continuous sounding of the local fire siren - at least three to five minutes long.
• Have a family plan and an emergency survival kit.
• Listen to Central Fm for instructions 93.5FM and 97.6FM.
• Only use the phone in emergencies.
• Look out for your neighbours and elderly folk.
• Know how to turn off your power and water.
• Know what the threats are and what they can do to you.
• Plan to counter their effects.
• Don’t go sightseeing.
• Plan how you will survive without normal resources such as power, phones, food, water and the emergency services.
• Know what you will take if you have to evacuate.

Central Hawkes Bay civil defence centres

Civil Defence Centre Locations

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