Resilient Communities - emergency preparedness

Living on the edge of both the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates brings some unique challenges. ICW works with government, WREMO and others to help build community resilience, and to share expertise, strategies and resources. Contact us if you’ve suggestions for this page or are interested in more information.

ICW PROJECT: Interested in being a Lifeboat Building?

Here are some quick emergency-related questions for you

  1. How big is your apartment?

  2. Does it have enough room to store emergency supplies for 7 days per person? ( For example 21 litres of water per day per person, buckets to use as emergency toilets, enough food that doesn’t need cooking, first aid kit, batteries, torches, a carry case & food for your pet, a power bank for your phone etc)

  3. Do you have tools, like a crowbar or an axe, to help you open your front door if it has gone wonky after a big shake?

  4. Does your building have some space where supplies could be stored for an emergency?

  5. Do you know if your next door neighbours need help?

  6. Do they know if you need help?

17,000 of us live in ‘our patch’ - many in our over 125+ apartment buildings

That’s a lot of people living in places that, unlike our leafy suburbs, are sometimes small, and have restricted entry access and isolated living. When the big one hits - or adversity arrives - what have we done to help ourselves - and each other – to be ready?

Lifeboat Buildings is an initiative facilitated by ICW which aims to create neighbourly connections and resourcing strategies to help us all get through.

Our partners are:

Please contact us

ICW documents and activities:

The impact of earthquakes on water supply
Of major concern to ICW is the impact an earthquake might have on our part of the city where over 15,000 people live, and many more come into the city every day to work. We were interested to read this WREMO (Wellington Emergency Management Office ) update about a Community Infrastructure Resilience (CIR) Project.
Read the WREMO update - Water access post-earthquake (August 2021)
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Community Resilience Forum (5 July 2021)
In 2021, ICW considered that there could be real value in developing cross-sector partnerships to support the building of community resilience and safety, disaster response or Covid Recovery in Wellington. We recommended creating a Community Resilience Forum.
Read our proposal here

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ICW’s submission to WCC’s Social Wellbeing Framework Te Horopaki ā-Rautaki (May 2021)
Inner City Wellington (ICW) welcomed the development of a Social Wellbeing Framework tool and provided comment on a few specific aspects of the proposal.
Read our submission here