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New Zealand Registered Response Teams

• NZ-RT1 (RATS) - Rescue And Technical Support team, Canterbury. The RATS are more than just Civil Defence emergency responders - they also respond to specialist rescue requirements such as search dogs and vertical rescue.
• NZ-RT2 - Nelson/Tasman Emergency Response Team
• NZ-RT6 - Taupo District Council Rescue Emergency Response Team
• NZ-RT7 - Victoria Rescue.
• NZ-RT8 - WCC Tawa Rescue.
• NZ-RT9 - Upper Hutt Community Rescue.

Sponsors

• Darren Moore Photography. Darren comes along to many of our trainings and exercises and takes photos for us for free. We get high-quality images which we reduce for uploading to the web, but which we can otherwise use for high quality printing for posters or other material.

Rescue Links

• Chirstchurch City Council CD Emergency Website Information on Christchurch CD management
• NZ Urban Search And Rescue.
• Canterbury Civil Defence Emergency Management Group. The Canterbury CDEM Group is a partnership of local authorities, emergency services and other organisations tasked with providing effective and comprehensive management of major hazards and their consequences anywhere in Canterbury.
• Response Team Information and Discussion Site.
• NZ Emergency Management discussion forums.
• Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management website. Lots of national information.
• Invercargill Civil Defence.
• Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty Civil Defence.
• North Shore Civil Defence

Emergency Training Organisations and Providers

• Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training Organisation. FRSITO are the people to contact when you've got all your unit standards for the Orange Card.
• Response and Prepardeness in Disadters - RAPID is a comprehensive training programme developed specifically to enhance the emergency response capability of communities.
• Emergency Management Training Centre (EMTC) - Preparing for the worst by learning with the best
• EMANZ - Emergency Management Accademy of New Zealand

General Information

• NZ Hazard Watch. Hazard Watch provides weekly reviews of natural hazard events reported in New Zealand. Hazard Watch is a service of the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences (GNS).
• NZ's Meteorological Service. If you're looking for weather information, it's here.
• Latest volcano information for New Zealand. Recent alerts, and general volcano info.

Interest

• GearshopNZ, is an independently owned New Zealand distributor of rescue, industrial and outdoor equipment based in Nelson.
• Localeye is an online guide to Christchurch and Canterbury.
• Rescue Asia Pacific Magazine. International Trade & Technical Information Journal for First Responders.

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