Community preparedness and response to hazards | Te whakarite hapori me ngā urupare mōrearea
Our region is home to flood and hazard-prone areas. We support the community to be prepared for and able to respond to hazards, and changes in the natural environment.
Our focus in flood and river resilience is advocating to Central Government for co-investment opportunities, planning and preparedness, and delivering on required outcomes.
The work is supported by, or contributes to, the Civil Defence Emergency Management Group, Harbourmaster and our contaminated land and natural hazards advice services.
For this service, we:
- Build and maintain flood and river resilience
- Provide a flood warning and advisory service
- Provide data and information on contaminated land and natural hazards
- Enable civil defence emergency management support and leadership to the community
- Regulate and promote navigation safety in ports, harbours, rivers and lakes.
Build and maintain flood and river resilience
We are reducing river flood risk to people and property through building and maintaining high-quality flood protection, land drainage and erosion control infrastructure. This work provides an opportunity to maintain and enhance the natural character of our braided rivers through accelerated planting, weed control, wetland enhancement and other nature-based solutions to create healthy river berms or margins.
Provide a flood warning and advisory service
We maintain and monitor a network of rainfall and river flow sites. This network supports the delivery of a flood warning system. People and property susceptible to river and coastal flooding will receive warning of the potential impacts during significant rain events so that they are prepared and able to respond.
Provide data and information on contaminated land and natural hazards
We provide the community with the most up-to-date information on contaminated land and natural hazards in our region so they can make informed choices about where they work, live and play. As well as informing the community, this information plays an important role in the development of policy, land use planning and emergency management planning.
Enable civil defence emergency management support and leadership to the community
We enable and fund the Canterbury Civil Defence Emergency Management Group (CDEM Group), a partnership between us, territorial authorities, emergency services and others. CDEM Group works with communities to identify and reduce risks, increase readiness, and prepare for responding to and recovering from emergencies.
Regulate and promote navigation safety in ports, harbours, rivers and lakes
We deliver Harbourmaster services that ensure safe navigation for commercial vessels in our harbours. We also work to keep our recreational boaties safe in coastal, marine and inland waterway environments.
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