It's easy! Get prepared for an emergency

Tsunami evacuation zone maps

You may get just a few minutes or several hours to evacuate so you'll need to know what to do.

It's Easy! Get prepared for a Tsunami (PDF 613kb) 

• Lower Hutt (PDF 548kb)
• Eastbourne (PDF 676kb)
• Petone (PDF 621kb)
• Moera, Gracefield, Seaview (PDF 704kb)

Getting prepared is easy

In an emergency situation, you need to be prepared to cope on your own for at least three days, or perhaps more, and to manage without services like water, power and gas, and communications.

You need to have:

• A household and workplace plan so you know what to do if an emergency happens
• Water, essential food and medical supplies for you and your family to cope for at least three days
• A getaway kit of essential emergency and medical items if you need to evacuate

To find out how to get prepared: read the step-by-step guide -

• It's Easy! Get prepared for an emergency (PDF 707kb) 
• It's Easy! Get prepared for an emergency - Chinese translation (PDF 957kb) 

For more preparedness advice read:   Get Ready Get Thru

Torch radios and water containers

15 litre water containers and dynamo torch/radios are available for purchase at Hutt City Council, and Upper Hutt City Council. Torch radios cost $30.00 and water containers cost $15.00

Emergency status

Check the Hutt Valley emergency status.

Warning systems

Lower Hutt has a siren network which may be used in an emergency event. 
Late each year the sirens sound for two minutes. Residents are advised of this test via local media.

In an actual event the sirens will sound for a longer period of time,
(approximately 15-30 minutes). The sirens make a continuous wailing sound.

If you hear the sirens turn on your radio, and/or come to this site, for further information.

Radio station frequencies are listed on page 5 of the brochure:
It's Easy! Get prepared for an emergency (PDF 707kb) 

Radio commercials

The Following 30 second radio commercial emphasises the importance of listening to your radio during a civil defence emergency and raises awareness of the civil defence alert sound(sting). To download the mp3, click on the link and select "Save' or "Open'  "Radio is a key part..." (mp3)

Sign up for emergency text alerts

In an emergency, your main sources of official information will be radio stations and this website. On this site, you will need to check the current emergency status page.

Your business, school, community or neighbourhood group can join our emergency preparedness network, Readynet, for free. The web-based programme helps you create an emergency plan for your organisation. In an emergency, we’ll send alerts to you via text message and/or email. There is also the option of signing up to receive only the alerts.

You can register by emailing emergency management or by phoning the Hutt Valley Emergency Management Office on 04 570 6666. To register please supply your organisation's name, a contact person's name, their email address and a phone number . Please indicate whther you wish to use the emergency planning component of Readynet or just receive alerts.

If you are not assosicated with an organisation using Readynet, but you want to register to receive alerts, please supply your name, email address and cell phone number.

Do you have a logon and password for Readynet ? Log on here 

Civil defence centres

In a major event, it is your community that would open a civil defence centre. Go to a civil defence centre if you need help or information, or if you are able to offer assistance. There are sixty civil defence centres located across the Hutt Valley: 

Lower Hutt Civil defence centres

Upper Hutt Civil defence centres