Current Status CDEM

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:11:30 +1300

Normal

There are no current warnings in place for the Gisborne district.

This does not mean that an event cannot occur at anytime such as tsunami or earthquake.
Here are some suggestions on how you should be ready

Check our river and rainfall monitors

Check the MetService website - rain radar

Civil defence status level definitions

Alert | Standby | Declaration | State of national emergency

Alert

We have been alerted to a possible situation by:

MetService, or
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, or
Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management, or
Other warning systems such as telementry / flood warning

Standby

A hazard or event of significance is imminent or has occured and has impacted or may impact on the CDEM Group Area and may require response coordination.

Declaration

A state of local emergency declared under section 68 or section 69 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002. An emergency means a situation that:

is the result of any happening, whether natural or otherwise, including, without limitation, any explosion, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, land movement, flood, storm, tornado, cyclone, serious fire, leakage or spillage of any dangerous gas or substance, technological failure, infestation, plague, epidemic, failure of or disruption to an emergency service or a lifeline utility, or actual or imminent attack or warlike act; and
causes or may cause loss of life or injury or illness or distress or in any way endangers the safety of the public or property in New Zealand or any part of New Zealand; and
cannot be dealt with by emergency services, or otherwise requires a significant and co-ordinated response under the Act.

State of national emergency

Declared under Section 66 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002.