Emergencies

This section will help you get prepared before an emergency. It’s also where we post updates if there is an emergency in Palmerston North.

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  Civil defence updates

  Emergency and civil defence updates for Palmerston North.

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  Prepare for an emergency

  Resources to help you get prepared and cope in an emergency.

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  Rescue emergency support team

  What Palmerston North's REST volunteers do and how to apply.

• Community response groups

  Are you interested in helping your community prepare to get through in an emergency?

• Overview of civil defence & emergency management

  Here’s a snapshot of how emergencies are managed in Palmerston North.

• Civil defence centres

  The Emergency Operations Centre is Council’s civil defence headquarters in an emergency.