The following summarises the different impact assessments that are carried out by different agencies/personnel (including CDEM) during response and recovery. Name of Carried out by Description of assessment When assessment conducted Rapid impact Local authority personnel Information about initial impact Response assessments (may include suitably of emergency, gathered rapidly (early and trained volunteers), in from ground, air, or water. ongoing conjunction with emergency stages) Analysis is carried out at the services and other respective EOC or ECC. Recovery (early response organisations and Management stages) agencies. Detailed needs Local authority personnel Detailed needs assessment of Response assessments and trained volunteers, in social, economic, built, and (later stages) conjunction with other natural environments to (CDEM) Recovery Emergency agencies and organisations determine response/recovery involved in response and needs/activities. recovery, particularly Used for community-wide welfare agencies. Defence assessment and, where necessary, direction of services to specific cases. Civil Rapid building Personnel trained according 1: Building Usability Triage Response assessments to Ministry of Business, assessment from the exterior – Innovation, and only all buildings (street by Employment (MBIE) street). This level of models/guidance. assessment distinguishes Controller) between prohibited’ and ‘entry May include: for complex buildings. ‘usable’ the local authority staff of Level 2: Building Usability contractors Triage more detailed – trained volunteers evaluation from exterior and behalf MBIE staff interior of buildings identified as priorities, then other buildings (on street by street. Residential Personnel trained according Level 1: Building usability Response assessments to MBIE models/guidance. assessment from the exterior only, unless can see inside with May include: little additional risk. assessments local authority staff contractors trained volunteers Building MBIE staff International Trained USAR personnel, 1: Wide area assessment. Response Search and assisted by NZ Response Level 2: Sector assessment Rescue Advisory and other response and triage. agencies. Fire Search Level 3: Primary search and (INSARAG) Under control of Local EOC rescue; victim extraction. assessments or Group ECC. Rescue Level 4: Secondary search and Zealand rescue. And 5: International New deployment - full coverage Service/Urban search and rescue. MBIE also provides guidance to building owners on conducting Detailed Damage Evaluations for their properties. These evaluations take place in recovery, and are the responsibility of the building owner.
The following summarises the different impact assessments that are carried out by different agencies/personnel (including CDEM) during response and recovery. Name of assessment Carried out by Description of assessment When conducted Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Rapid impact assessments Local authority personnel (may include suitably trained volunteers), in conjunction with emergency services and other response organisations and agencies. Information about initial impact of emergency, gathered rapidly from ground, air, or water. Analysis is carried out at the respective EOC or ECC. Response (early and ongoing stages) Recovery (early stages) Detailed needs assessments Local authority personnel and trained volunteers, in conjunction with other agencies and organisations involved in response and recovery, particularly welfare agencies. Detailed needs assessment of social, economic, built, and natural environments to determine response/recovery needs/activities. Used for community-wide assessment and, where necessary, direction of services to specific cases. Response (later stages) Recovery Building assessments (on behalf of the Controller) Rapid building assessments Personnel trained according to Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) models/guidance. May include: local authority staff contractors trained volunteers MBIE staff 1: Building Usability Triage – assessment from the exterior only all buildings (street by street). This level of assessment distinguishes between ‘entry prohibited’ and ‘usable’ for complex buildings. Level 2: Building Usability Triage – more detailed evaluation from exterior and interior of buildings identified as priorities, then other buildings street by street. Response Residential assessments Personnel trained according to MBIE models/guidance. May include: local authority staff contractors trained volunteers MBIE staff Level 1: Building usability assessment from the exterior only, unless can see inside with little additional risk. Response New Zealand Fire Service/Urban Search And Rescue International Search and Rescue Advisory (INSARAG) assessments Trained USAR personnel, assisted by NZ Response and other response agencies. Under control of Local EOC or Group ECC. 1: Wide area assessment. Level 2: Sector assessment and triage. Level 3: Primary search and rescue; victim extraction. Level 4: Secondary search and rescue. 5: International deployment - full coverage search and rescue. Response MBIE also provides guidance to building owners on conducting Detailed Damage Evaluations for their properties. These evaluations take place in recovery, and are the responsibility of the building owner.
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