July 2015, Issue 4
New Zealand
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National Earthquake Drill 9:15am, 15 October 2015
Be part of something big!
At 9.15am on 15 October 2015 New Zealand will kick off a series of events that will
take place in different countries all over the world.
ShakeOut started as a public education campaign in Southern California in 2008.
Aimed at educating the public about earthquake preparedness, scientists and
emergency managers based the event on the scenario of a significant 7.8M
earthquake event taking place along the San Andreas fault line in California, north
of Los Angeles.
Since 2008, ShakeOut has grown significantly in participation numbers and
locations. New Zealand first took part in ShakeOut in 2009 with New Zealand’s
Great West Coast ShakeOut. This was the first test of the ShakeOut concept in
another region. Around 8,000 West Coast residents took part in the event and
paved the way for New Zealand’s first nationwide event in 2012 where 1.3 million
New Zealanders registered and took part.
This year New Zealand will kick off a mass, coordinated ShakeOut event taking
place across multiple North American states, Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico,
Southern Italy, Colombia, Afghanistan, Cameroon, the Philippines and Japan, to
name a few.
New Zealand is aiming for the highest participation rate per capita with a goal of
1.5 million participants. Encourage your friends, family, workplace, schools and
community groups to register and be part of the world’s biggest ShakeOut to date
and get prepared to ‘Drop, Cover and Hold!’
Jeremy Corbett teaches us to ‘Drop, Cover and Hold’
Jeremy Corbett, cheeky host of 7 Days is the latest wellknown kiwi to sign up to New Zealand ShakeOut 2015,
our national earthquake drill.
With less than 100 days until New Zealand ShakeOut
Jeremy goes over the drop, cover and hold drill in the 7
Days studio, reminding us all an earthquake can happen
at any time.
You can watch the video via the NZ Get Thru Facebook
page (www.facebook.com/nzgetthru) or on the NZ Get
Thru You Tube channel (www.youtube.com/nzgetthru). If
you haven’t seen it already, click on the image to link to
the You Tube channel now.
Stay tuned to find out who else is participating in New
Zealand ShakeOut 2015.
ShakeOut puts spotlight on service
continuity & staff preparedness
Toi Te Ora Public Health Service is using New Zealand ShakeOut as an
opportunity to focus on both service continuity preparedness and the personal
preparedness of its staff members.
ShakeOut contacts
National Coordinators
Bridget Cheesman & Jamie Shaw
[email protected]
Northland
[email protected] (Kim Abbott)
Auckland
[email protected]
Waikato
[email protected]
Bay of Plenty
[email protected]
Gisborne
[email protected]
Hawke’s Bay
[email protected] (Helen Shea)
Taranaki
[email protected]
Toi Te Ora is funded by the Ministry of
Health and is the public health service
for the Bay of Plenty and Lakes District
Health Boards.
Its key role is to “plan and deliver
services that promote, protect and
improve population health, prevent ill
health and minimise the risk of disease
and injury through population based
interventions,” says Annaka Davis, Health
Protection Officer at Toi Te Ora Public
Health Service. “The service places an
emphasis in its work on improving the
health of Maori, children (including
maternal health), and young people.
Toi Te Ora participated in New Zealand
ShakeOut 2012 and received such positive
feedback from those involved they
decided to participate again this year.
“We want to use the exercise to
focus both on our service continuity
preparedness and individual staff
members’ preparedness,” says Annaka.
In the build up to New Zealand ShakeOut,
Toi Te Ora will be covering emergency
preparedness themes with staff. Themes
will include, spot the hazard, know the
plan, keep in contact and know the drill.
Toi Te Ora will also be highlighting New
Zealand earthquake hazards and hazards
specific to the Bay of Plenty.
Health and safety staff representatives
will be present at their three offices.
Staff will complete the ‘drop, cover and
hold’ drill and test simple aspects of
the business emergency plan such as
communications. To round up the event,
a fun quiz will be conducted to make sure
everyone knows the right actions to take
before, during and after an earthquake.
Toi Te Ora see ShakeOut as a way to
raise awareness among staff of actions
they can take before an emergency to
minimize impact on themselves, their
families and the service. The aim is to
better prepare staff in case an emergency
takes place while at work and highlight
the role they play during an emergency
and how they can accomplish it.
Promotional material has arrived!
Exciting ShakeOut goodies have arrived and are ready for dispatch!
The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management will be supplying a set
number of merchandise to Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups including
flag pens, luggage tags, balloons and smart phone wallets! Get in touch with your
ShakeOut Group Contract for ShakeOut supplies (see contact list to the right).
There is also an online shop for anyone wanting to buy small numbers of ShakeOut
merchandise – including coffee keep cups, swimming bags, drink bottle and pull-up
banners. Merchandise can be ordered online via www.shakeout.govt.nz/resources or
you can email [email protected]
Manawatu-Wanganui
[email protected]
Wellington
[email protected]
Nelson-Tasman
[email protected]
Marlborough
[email protected]
West Coast
[email protected] (Chris Raine)
Canterbury
[email protected]
Otago
[email protected]
Southland
[email protected]
Chatham Islands
[email protected] (Rana Solomon)