significant land slips and Some bodies could not be identified rockfalls Worry and upset about missing relatives, loss of homes Demographic Economic 181 people killed Cost of rebuilding NZ$20-30 billion (second deadliest Christchurch Cathedral lost its spire major cost to repair – natural disaster in Widespread damage across Christchurch especially central city New Zealand) over and eastern suburbs so loss of trading half in six storey Damage to already weakened buildings and infrastructure Canterbury TV 45% of buildings inspected had restricted access because of building which damage collapsed and Aftershock 13 June caused considerable additional damage so caught fire ongoing need to repair and replace buildings From New Zealand Tallest Hotel Grand Chancellor reported on verge of – but also Japan (in collapse has now been demolished – English Language Buildings built within last 30 years following earthquake codes school, Australian, performed well UK..) 10,000 houses in suburbs needed to be demolished and some land could not be built on following soil liquefaction 60% buildings in Lyttelton (epicentre) had widespread damage although no one killed Significant cost of all emergency services involved in help and managing impacts Responses: Short term Long term Government Several sport events set up to Declared state of national emergency until 30th April raise money for victims 2011 Red Cross coordinating help Full emergency management structure within 2 hours using donated money eg National Crisis Management Centre in Wellington handed out grants to help coordinated activity and locally from Christchurch Art people eg winter assistance Gallery (modern EQ proof building) for households with children Emergency services under 5 help for over 65 with fuel Christchurch police aided by staff from across bills country and 300 Australian police organised Help for children travelling – evacuations, supported search and rescue teams, long distances to missing persons, family liaison, media briefings replacement schools Fire Service coordinated search and rescue with Grants to bereaved or teams from New Zealand, Australia, UK, USA, Japan, vulnerable people Taiwan, China, Singapore. Also responded to Welfare centres still in structural damage reports, fires, landslips operation where needed … from Australia arrived 12 search and rescue Long term plan to rebuild hours after quake. Used sniffer dogs, infra red.. Christchurch eg compact CBD USA sent heavy rescue team with firefighters and with low rise buildings, new paramedics and 26 tons prepackaged equipment areas of parkland, upgraded
significant land slips and rockfalls Some bodies could not be identified Worry and upset about missing relatives, loss of homes Demographic 181 people killed (second deadliest natural disaster in New Zealand) over half in six storey Canterbury TV building which collapsed and caught fire From New Zealand but also Japan (in English Language school, Australian, UK..) Economic Cost of rebuilding NZ$20-30 billion Christchurch Cathedral lost its spire – major cost to repair Widespread damage across Christchurch especially central city and eastern suburbs so loss of trading Damage to already weakened buildings and infrastructure 45% of buildings inspected had restricted access because of damage Aftershock 13 June caused considerable additional damage so ongoing need to repair and replace buildings Tallest – Hotel Grand Chancellor reported on verge of collapse – has now been demolished Buildings built within last 30 years following earthquake codes performed well 10,000 houses in suburbs needed to be demolished and some land could not be built on following soil liquefaction 60% buildings in Lyttelton (epicentre) had widespread damage although no one killed Significant cost of all emergency services involved in help and managing impacts Responses: Short term Government Declared state of national emergency until 30th April 2011 Full emergency management structure within 2 hours National Crisis Management Centre in Wellington coordinated activity and locally from Christchurch Art Gallery (modern EQ proof building) Emergency services Christchurch police aided by staff from across country and 300 Australian police – organised evacuations, supported search and rescue teams, missing persons, family liaison, media briefings Fire Service coordinated search and rescue with teams from New Zealand, Australia, UK, USA, Japan, Taiwan, China, Singapore. Also responded to structural damage reports, fires, landslips … search and rescue from Australia arrived 12 hours after quake. Used sniffer dogs, infra red.. USA sent heavy rescue team with firefighters and paramedics and 26 tons prepackaged equipment Long term Several sport events set up to raise money for victims Red Cross coordinating help using donated money eg handed out grants to help people eg winter assistance for households with children under 5 help for over 65 with fuel bills Help for children travelling long distances to replacement schools Grants to bereaved or vulnerable people Welfare centres still in operation where needed Long term plan to rebuild Christchurch eg compact CBD with low rise buildings, new areas of parkland, upgraded
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