Southern District Health Board

In the event of a major emergency in Otago or Southland, information and updates will be posted on the

Southland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group website:

or

Otago Civil Defence Emergency Management Group website:

This will be dependant on the area affected

Southern DHB Emergency Management Documents: 

• Southern Region Health Emergency Plan

Be Prepared -  Useful Websites and Resources

• Ministry of Health http://www.moh.govt.nz (includes national alerts regarding world pandemic outbreaks)
  Ministry of Health pandemic influenza preparedness (includes FAQs and fact sheets)
• New Zealand Civil Defence www.getthru.govt.nz (includes emergency household plan and checklist)

CIMS - Coordinated Incident Management System
What is CIMS?

Coordinated Incident Management System or CIMS is an interagency incident management system, developed and introduced into New Zealand in 1998. It is a set of management rules that is common to all emergency service providers. This means that when different emergency services need to work together on an incident, they already share a standardised management structure, a standardised set of management principles and a standardised system of information management. CIMS is mandated through the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002.