Goodbye Wellington

Today was my last day as a Community Resilience Advisor with the Wellington Region Emergency Management Office. It has been an amazing time with a truly incredible team of dedicated professionals, and I am very grateful for the opportunities that I have had to enhance and apply my skills in this field. Next week I Read More …

Westport flood deployment

From the 22nd to the 28th of July I had the opportunity to deploy to the Westport Emergency Operations Centre with the Wellington Region Emergency Management Group to assist with the response to the recent flood. I worked with the logistics function and it was a great opportunity to support a local response within New Read More …

Visit to Humedica HQ

In September I had the opportunity to visit the headquarters of Humedica in Kaufbeuren, Germany where I was an observer for a World Health Organisation (WHO) Emergency Medical Team (EMT) TEAMS training course. I also had the opportunity to discuss the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) programme with Humedica staff and to give a presentation about Read More …