Support following a disaster

By Frank Neill

What you can do in the event of a disaster has been brought to the fore by Cyclone Gabrielle and its impact on many North Island communities.

Community emergency hubs are an invaluable resource, and there are 17 hubs in Wellington’s northern suburbs.

“A Community Emergency Hub is a place where you and your neighbours can go to help each other in a major emergency,” the Wellington Region Emergency

Management Office (WREMO)

says.

WREMO co-ordinates Civil Defence and Emergency Management Services on behalf of the nine councils in the Wellington region.

“Community members run a hub without official assistance,” WREMO says.

“It’s essentially a place for neighbours to help each other in a co-ordinated way.

“There are no huge piles of supplies in a hub, apart from a hub kit which has a VHF radio and a hub guide, role lanyards and the stationary you need to get yourself up and running.

“Immediately after a disaster official services may be stretched to the point where they must prioritise the most urgent callouts,” WREMO says.

That means communities will need to get together to support one another in the hours and days following a disaster.

The community emergency hubs in Wellington’s northern suburbs are at: Churton Park School, 90 Chur- ton Drive; Crofton Downs Primary School, 21 Chartwell Drive; Grenada Village Hall, 2 Mandeville Crescent; Greenacres Primary School, 60-62 Raroa Terrace, Tawa; Johnsonville School 10 Morgan Street; Cashmere Avenue School, 110 Cashmere Avenue; Karori Community Centre, 7 Beauchamp Street; Karori West Normal School, 19 Allington Road; Kelburn Normal School, 16

Kowhai Road; Makara Model School, 399 Makara Road; Newlands School, 200 Newlands Road; Ngaio School. 45 Abbott Street; Northland School, 14 Harbour View Road; Redwood School, 71A Redwood Avenue; Tawa School, 6A Oxford Street; Wadestown Plunket Rooms, 117 Wadestown Road; and West Park School, 97 Broderick Road.

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