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How can I become a Civil Defence volunteer? To find out more about becoming a CDEM volunteer in your community, please contact the CDEM officer/manager for your community. You can find the contacts on the Canterbury Civil D ...
How do I prepare for natural hazards? Your household needs to be able to be self sufficient for at least three days in an emergency. This includes having at least 9 litres of water and 3 days' worth of food for each ...
I discovered a leaking watermain/irrigation pipe. Who deals with it? If the leak is from a water main you will need to call your District Council to report the leak.If the leak is from an irrigation pipe you can call Environment Canterbury who can ...
I need to do some emergency works during flooding, do I have to get a Resource Consent? Individuals do not have emergency powers under section 330 of the RMA unless directed by a local or consent authority; for example, Environment Canterbury or Civil Defence. This ...
What does the note from Christchurch City Council on my LIM about liquefaction mean? The note about liquefaction is about a study the Christchurch City Council has undertaken in the Christchurch metropolitan area, looking at known soil types and other available da ...
What is liquefaction? Liquefaction is a process that occurs in some soils during large earthquakes. During strong ground shaking the soil particles are rearranged, the soil mass compacts and water wit ...
What kind of information does Environment Canterbury hold on erosion? Land erosion takes three main forms: River and stream bank erosion Environment Canterbury does not hold records of present erosion or erosion risk at an individual property ...
What kind of natural hazards do I have to be aware of in Canterbury? Canterbury is vulnerable to many natural hazards including flooding, earthquakes, tsunamis, coastal erosion, landslides, drought, heavy snow, strong winds. Most of these hazards ...
What questions are the Ready Canterbury household advisors going to ask? The household resilience advisors will be talking to you about your family’s current level of preparedness and what you think about particular emergencies that may happen in your ...
What sort of information is available on earthquakes in the Canterbury region? We do not hold any site-specific (property level) earthquake hazard information(including liquefaction). We hold regional-scale information on the location and characteristics of ...
Who do I report vegetation clearance to? You can call Environment Canterbury who can check that the owner of the property is meeting the conditions of their resource consent if they have one. If they are not meeting the ...

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