National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2005

  • revoked
  • National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2005: revoked, on 1 December 2015, by clause 5 of the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Order 2015 (LI 2015/140).

Part 8 Response

59 Principles

(1)

Agencies should respond to an emergency by activating their own plans and co-ordinating with the lead agency.

(2)

Within the constraints that the emergency creates, each agency, operating within its own jurisdiction, must co-ordinate with interdependent agencies to—

(a)

assess the impact of an event on its own staff, assets, and services; and

(b)

activate its own continuity and emergency arrangements; and

(c)

maintain or restore the services it provides; and

(d)

communicate with lead agencies, other responders, and the public; and

(e)

align response activities with other agencies to avoid gaps and duplications.

(3)

In addition, the emergency services are expected to—

(a)

assess the effect of an event on the community; and

(b)

co-ordinate the local efforts of their agency; and

(c)

communicate assessments and actions with the appropriate lead agency.

(4)

Emergency response objectives include—

(a)

preservation of life; and

(b)

prevention of escalation of the emergency; and

(c)

maintenance of law and order; and

(d)

care of sick, injured, and dependent people (first aid, medical, and evacuation facilities, and welfare); and

(e)

provision of essential services (lifeline utilities, food, shelter, public information, and media); and

(f)

preservation of governance (continuity of the machinery of government); and

(g)

asset protection, including buildings and historic heritage assets (including structures, areas, landscapes, archeological sites, and wahi tapu); and

(h)

protection of natural and physical resources (to the extent reasonably possible in the circumstances); and

(i)

preservation of economic activity.