Disaster Preparedness

A DigitalNZ Story by National Library of New Zealand Topics

Disasters can strike any time. This topic covers surviving disasters like earthquakes, storms, and tsunamis. It also covers survival kits, emergency plans, and relief agencies like civil defence, the police, and fire service. SCIS no. 1807255

social_sciences, health, history, science

Image: Four Person Emergency Kit: After Shake

4-person emergency kit

Four Person Emergency Kit: After Shake

Canterbury Museum

Image: Emergency survival kit

Emergency survival kit

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Vanuatu gets a state-of-the-art disaster warning facility

Vanuatu gets state-of-the-art disaster warning facility

Radio New Zealand

Image: 'Part Time Hero' poster

Part-time hero

'Part Time Hero' poster

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Sergeant M J K Fords with Police emergency kit

Police emergency kit

Sergeant M J K Fords with Police emergency kit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Day nurseries

DAY NURSERIES (Evening Post, 28 May 1942)

National Library of New Zealand

Wrong advice on clothes

WRONG ADVICE ON CLOTHES (NZ Truth, 13 February 1930)

National Library of New Zealand

Hazard App

Services to Schools

Ready kids

Services to Schools

Be prepared

Services to Schools

Image: Mathis, Cory, 1985- :Earthquake Preparation Wellington... [2013]

Earthquake preparation in Wellington

Mathis, Cory, 1985- :Earthquake Preparation Wellington... [2013]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Who’s on your team?

Services to Schools