The Southland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group has created this website to keep the community of Southland informed about what to do in preparation before an emergency and also to keep you informed of what is happening during an emergency.

It is primarily the Southland local authorities and the regional authority working together to promote community preparedness for an emergency and planning how to respond to a large emergency that normal emergency services cannot cope with. We are ably supported and work along side the Police, Fire Service, St John, SDHB and a number of other key agencies.

For normal emergency service response you should call the appropriate emergency service whether it be the Fire Service, Police or Ambulance on the emergency number 111. If the local authority are responding to the emergency then you will be advised and need to listen to your local radio station or Cue-TV (Sky Channel 110) to find out who you can contact. Your local authority partners are listed below:

Environment Southland www.es.govt.nz	Southland District Council www.southlanddc.govt.nz
Invercargill City Council www.icc.govt.nz	Gore District Council www.goredc.govt.nz

For all your Civil Defence Educational needs, please visit the site below: