
Emergency Response
The Emergency Operating Centre was set up in the Christchurch Art Gallery and operated from there for seven months.
Emergency services and the military from all over New Zealand were quickly assembled and arrived to help with both people and equipment. Police and Search and Rescue teams also arrived quickly from Australia, with other international Search and Rescue teams including Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and Taiwan arriving not long after. Latimer Square became the temporary home for the search and rescue teams.
Camp Hollywood, USAR Camp, Latimer Square
USAR Camp, Latimer Square
USAR Camp, Latimer Square
USAR Camp, Latimer Square
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- Gen-i telecom Emergency Connection Unit truck
- Hire pool
- Temporary lighting
- Port-a-loos
- Toilets
- Telecommunications
USAR Camp, Latimer Square
USAR Camp, Latimer Square
USAR Camp, Latimer Square
USAR Camp, Latimer Square
In addition to search and rescue, those that arrived in Christchurch provided medical assistance, carried out damage assessments, stabilised or demolished precarious property, provided security and delivered food and water.
Avonview Retirement Village and Resthome
Not just portaloos!
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- Natural disaster aftermath
- residential red zone
- Sewage problems
- Temporary Repairs
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- Avon River
- Rivers
- Avonside
- Traffic cones
- Road cones
Civil Defence at the Art Gallery
Earthquake housing, Linwood Park
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- Temporary fencing
- Fencing
- Housing
- Post-earthquake homes
Emergency management staff returning to the office.
Catering at the Temporary Emergency Management Centre
Staff working in the Temporary Emergency Management Centre
Emergency management staff in the Christchurch Art Gallery
Essential services in several areas were so badly damaged that repairs took weeks. Eventually portaloos and chemical toilets were delivered in neighbourhoods that needed them and a desalination plant was set up in New Brighton by army engineers. This could produce 2000 litres of fresh water an hour. Badly hit areas were warned that it could be weeks before power could be restored.
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Soldiers on Colombo Street
Army vehicle and road cones
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- Park Terrace
- Bealey Avenue
- Road cones
- New Zealand Army
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- New Zealand Defence Force
- Military
- NZDF
- NZLAV
- New Zealand Light Armoured Vehicle
- Corner Park Terrace and Bealey Avenue
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Soldiers with an Army vehicle
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- Vehicles
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- Fencing
- Road cones
- Traffic cones
Army personnel and a member of the fire service
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- earthquake damage
- Soldiers
- Gloucester Street
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- Army personnel
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- Indonesian military
- Indonesian soldiers
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