what we do
New Zealand Red Cross provides a number of key emergency management activities at a national and local level during times of disaster including
• National Inquiry Centre
• Red Cross Emergency Management Teams
red cross emergency management teams
Disasters do not discriminate - they can happen at any time, anywhere and affect anyone.
New Zealand Red Cross has two types of Emergency Management teams. Welfare Teams are trained in basic emergency management skills, basic first aid and the skills necessary to support evacuees in a Welfare Centre. Response Teams have the same training as Welfare Teams, with additional training in advanced first aid, casualty handling and patient triage. Some Response Teams also have training in light rescue, storm and flood response, swift water response and rope rescue. Some teams also offer victim support for house fires, welfare support for rural firefighters and support for search and rescue and other police operations.
They also continue their regular programmes of assisting with first aid events, training and undertaking combined exercises to enhance their capability.
> Click here to see if a response team operates near you.
preparedness for emergencies
While it is comforting to know that assistance and support should be available should disaster strike, it may not be there immediately.
To be well prepared to face such situations, New Zealand Red Cross advises you to take steps now to help lessen the affect an emergency or disaster may have on you or your family.
To help survive a disaster, everyone should have an emergency plan, basic first aid skills and survival items such as food, water and medication to last a minimum of three days.
> What survival items should you keep on hand?
what can I do?
• Make sure your household is prepared. Follow the guidelines at www.getthru.govt.nz
• Improve your first aid skills
• Become a New Zealand Red Cross response team volunteer
• Become a National Inquiry Centre volunteer
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