On the 7th of November the Wellington Civil Defence Emergency Management Group (CDEM) and the Wellington Emergency Management Office (WEMO) will be running one of their annual exercises called Operation Phoenix. This year Operation Phoenix will also involve scenarios for the Wellington Civil Defence Centres. These scenarios will focus on communications, reconnaissance and welfare registrations and will run in the morning hopefully finishing at lunch.

I would like to get Wadestown, Wilton and Highland Park all involved in this. If you would be keen to help out on the event, please contact me. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If you know of anyone that would be interested in getting these emails or joining Civil Defence both in Wadestown and Wellington, please send them to http://www.cdwadestown.org.nz

You don't need water tanks or special containers to store emergency water.

Do you drink soft drink or juice from the plastic bottles? Why not use them to build up a water supply. Simply rinse them out once you have drunk the contents, fill them to the top with water and put the lid on trying to keep as little air in the bottle as possble.

Bottled water should be replaced every year and should be stored in a cool dark place - the garage is perfect.

Remember that water is essential to survive. You need atleast 3 litres of water per person per day. The more water you have, the better.

When is comes to prepardness use the KISS method and keep it simple.

My name is Jack Farley. I am the manager of the Wadestown Civil Defence Centre (CDC). I am currently working with other volunteers to reactivate the Wadestown CDC. We will be detailing the process that we are making on this site and will be adding useful information and links regarding Civil Defence, both nationally and in the Wadestown region.

If you feel you have any contributions you could make to the Wadestown CDC, or if you would like to become a volunteer in the Wadestown region please contact me at jack(at)cdwadestown.org.nz

From,
Jack Farley
Wadestown CDC Manager
Wadestown Civil Defence