Group Plan tweak

As with all CDEM Group Plans, over their lifetime they will have minor amendments. The Manawatu-Wanganui CDEM Group Plan has recently had a minor amendment with a couple changes in Local Controllers. We will endeavour to keep the copy on the Horizons website up-to-date and any changes can be tracked in the back of the Plan on the amendments page.

If you have a paper copy of the Plan, I encourage you to make these changes in pen just to keep current. There will be more changes in due course, but these have yet to go through the Joint Standing Committee for approval.

Here is a link to the Plan page on the Horizons website.

The April e-bulletin is now available

The April issue of e-bulletin is now online. Here's the link:

In this issue…

Exercise Tangaroa agency participation

Regional tsunami seminars reminder

Website established for EMIS project

CDEM Gold and Silver Awards - call for nominations

CDEM welfare update

Maule Chile earthquake mission

Melbourne hail storm early warning report

Christchurch City CDEM trial new community engagement tools

Disaster Awareness Week: name change to Get Ready Week

CDEM Professional Development

CDEM research

New EMIS project website

The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management in conjunction with Intergen have just launched a website for keeping the sector informed on development of the new Emergency Management Information System (EMIS) being provided by E-sponder.

Here is the link to the EMIS Project Information Website.

All quiet on the western front...

Well, things just seem to be ticking over quietly here in the Emergency Management Office (now watch, I've probably just jinxed that). A nice steady work flow seems to be keeping us busy with flood action plans under review, the Triennial Business Plan just being finished off, training courses, EMC meetings and contributions to the development of the EMIS. Personally, I think the EMIS is going to be the best thing since sliced bread - watch this space.

If you haven't spotted it already, you can follow MCDEM on Twitter - have a look here for more info. You can also follow us (HorizonsEM@gmail.com).

The latest e-bulletin was also recently published by MCDEM.

Our response to the recent tsunami threat went smoothly, although we did have a few problems updating our website. I'd also like to reinforce that the blog will not be used for that sort of thing (I've had a couple of people ask). MCDEM will be running a tsunami seminar in Palmerston North on 27 April partly in the build up for Exercise Tangaroa in October.