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CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOLLISTIC RESILIENCE

John Hamilton

Director

New Zealand’s National Security risks

New Zealand’s National Security Risks

Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet

1. Policy Advisory Group2. Cabinet Office3. Government House4. Security and Intelligence Group5. Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management

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The Objective

Resilience can be defined as the ability of an entity to absorb and adapt to sudden change without losing its function or character.

Common Factors in Definitions of Resilience

1. Understanding and anticipating potential disruption2. Being ‘change-ready’3. Ability to resist or withstand shocks4. Having survival and coping strategies5. Being capable, adaptable, resourceful, and innovative6. Learning from experience and ‘building back better’

Social Resilience

HealthEducationWelfareCulture

Justice/protection

Economic Resilience

EconomyFinance

CommerceGovernance

Security/ intelligence

Infrastructure Resilience

Lifeline utilitiesBuildings/housingUrban design/devt

Community infrastructure

Environmental Resilience

Hazard mitigationClimate change

adaptationSustainability

Ecology

Organisational Resilience

Business continuityResponse/recovery

capabilityOrganis'l capability

Civic services

Social Capital

KnowledgeCivic participationCapacity buildingConnectednessActive agents

Components of Resilience

Concept of Holistic Resilience

Individual

Family

Neighbourhood

Community

Society

Interventions

Risk reduction, Readiness, Response, Recovery

Christchurch 1251hrs 22 February 2011

Christchurch CBD 2013

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•Situational Awareness: old lesson relearned (again)

•Operational Planning •Media and Public Expectations

•Local Economy

Some Lessons from the Response

Characteristics of Resilience

• Extra capacity – more than one system that can cope in an emergency.

• No single points of failure that can bring down systems.

• The “bounce back“ ability.• The ability to keep finding new solutions• Adaptation and change quickly when needed.

Avoid single points of failure

Characteristics of Resilience

• Extra capacity – more than one system that can cope in an emergency.

• No single points of failure that can bring down systems.

• The “bounce back“ ability.• The ability to keep finding new solutions• Adaptation and change quickly when needed.

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