‘Oku fengāue‘aki fakataha ha ngaahi va‘a ngāue kehekehe ke tokanga‘i ‘a e ngaahi fakatamaki fakatu‘upakeé mo tauhi ke malu ‘a e kakaí. Fekumi pe ko hai ‘okú ne fakahoko ha fa‘ahinga fatongia ‘i ha fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē.
Ko e lahi taha ‘o e ngaahi fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē iikí ‘oku tokanga‘i ia ‘e he sēvesi tokoni fakavavevave ‘oku kaunga ki aí. Hangē ko ‘ení, ‘oku pule‘i ‘a e vela ‘a e ngaahi falé ‘e he Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
‘Oku ‘i ai foki mo e ngaahi me‘a ‘oku hoko ‘i Nu‘u Sila meí he tu‘unga si‘isi‘i pē ki he lotoloto ‘a ia ‘oku fakatupunga ‘e ha ngaahi fakatamaki fakaenatula hangē ko ha tāfea. ‘Oku tokanga‘i ‘eni ‘e ho‘omou kōsilio fakakoló pe Civil Defence Emergency Management Group. Ko e ngaahi Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups ‘oku kau ki ai ‘a e ngaahi kōsilio fakakolo mo e fakavahe ‘i ha vahefonua.
‘Oku ‘i ai ‘a e ngaahi Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups ‘e hongofulu mā ono ‘i Nu‘u Sila.
Makehe meí he ngaahi fakatamaki fakatu‘upakeé, ‘oku tokoni ‘a e ngaahi Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups ke langa ha ngaahi kolo tu‘uloa lahi ange. ‘Oku kau ki heni ‘a e:
‘Oku fengāue‘aki vā ofi ‘a e ngaahi Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups mo e:
Ko e Civil Defence Emergency Management Group kotoa pē ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a ‘enau Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan (Palani ki hono Toakanga‘i ‘o ha Fakatamaki Fakatu‘upakē ki he Malu Fakasivilé). Kuo pau ke fakakau ‘i he Palaní:
Kumi ‘a ho‘o Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Group fakakoló.
‘Oku ‘i ai ha ngaahi fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē ‘e ni‘ihi ‘oku fiema‘u ha ngāue fakafekau‘aki lahi ange ia ki ai ‘a e ngaahi sēvesi tokoni kehekehe. ‘I he me‘á ni, ‘e lava ke fanongonongo ha tu‘utu‘uni ngāue ki ha fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē fakakolo. ‘Oku ‘oange ‘e ha tu‘unga ngāue ki ha fakatu‘utāmaki fakatu‘upakē fakakolo (state of local emergency) ‘a e ngaahi mafai makehe ki he Civil Defence Emergency Management Group ‘oku kaunga atu ki aí ke ne ngāue ai ki he fakatamaki fakatu‘upakeé.
‘I ha tu‘utu‘uni ngāue ki ha fakatu‘utāmaki fakatu‘upakē fakakolo, ‘e tokanga‘i ‘e he Civil Defence Emergency Management Group ‘a e ngāue ki he fakatamaki fakatu‘upakeé. ‘Oku kau ki heni ‘a e:
‘E toe ala tokoni foki ‘a e ngaahi Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups ‘i he taimi ‘e ni‘ihi ‘e ‘ikai tu‘utu‘uni ai ha tu‘unga ngāue ki ha fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē.a.
‘I he ngaahi fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē lalahí, ‘e lava ke fakahā ‘e he Minisitā ki he Emergency Management (Tokanga‘i ‘o ha Fakatamaki Fakatu‘upakē) ha tu‘utu‘uni ngāue ki ha fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē fakafonua. ‘I he tu‘unga ko ‘ení, ‘oku pule‘i leva ia ‘e he Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management (Talēkita ki hono Tokanga‘i ‘o e Fakatamaki Fakatu‘upakē ki he Malu Fakasivilé). ‘E leva‘i leva ‘e he National Emergency Management Agency ‘a e ngāue ke tali atu ki he fakatamakí.
‘Oku tokoni ‘a e ngaahi vaha‘a taimi ‘o e liliú ke hokohoko lelei ai ‘a e liliu meí he tūkunga fakatu‘upakeé ki he fakaakeaké. ‘E lava ke kei hoko ai pē ‘a e ngaahi vaha‘a taimi liliú ia ‘o tatau ai pē pe kuo fakahā ha tu‘utu‘uni ngāue ki ha fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē pe ‘ikai.
‘Oku ‘oange ‘e he ngaahi vaha‘a taimi liliú ‘a e ngaahi mafai makehe ki he Civil Defence Emergency Management Group ke tokoni ‘i he fuofua konga ‘o e fakaakeaké.
Makehe meí he ngaahi fakatamaki fakatu‘upakeé, ‘oku poupou‘i ‘e he National Emergency Management Agency ha mo‘ui kītaki lahi ange ‘i he ngaahi fakatamakí. ‘Okú ne toe tokanga‘i foki mo e fa‘unga ngāue ‘a Nu‘u Sila ki hono leva‘i ‘o e ngaahi fakatamaki fakatu‘upakeé. ‘Okú ne fakapapau‘i ‘oku ngāue ‘a e fa‘unga ngāué ‘o hangē ko ia ‘oku fai ki ai ‘a e faka‘amú mo ‘ilo‘i ‘a e ngaahi faingamālie ke fakalelei‘i aí.
‘Oku poupou atu ‘a e National Emergency Management Agency ki he mahino mo e fokotu‘utu‘u fakakoló, fakavahefonuá mo e fakafonuá. ‘Oku kau ki heni ‘a e pule‘angá, iwi, ngaahi pule‘anga fakakoló, mo e ngaahi kautaha fakatāutahá mo e fakakomiunitií.
Ko e National Emergency Management Agency ‘okú ne:
Kumi ha fakamatala lahi ange fekau‘aki mo e National Emergency Management Agency.
‘Oku ‘oatu ‘e he Civil Defence Centres (CDC) ha feitu‘u malu ‘i he ngaahi komiunitī fakakoló ke ō atu ki ai ‘a e kakaí ki ha tokoni lolotonga ‘o ha fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē. ‘Oku fakalele kinautolu ‘e he kau ngāue mo e kau ngāue‘ofa ‘a e Civil Defence Emergency Management.
‘I he taimi ‘o ha fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē, kapau ‘e ‘ikai lava ke ke nofo ‘i ‘api pe mo hao fāmili pe maheni, te ke lava ‘o fetukutuku ki ha Civil Defence Centre. ‘Oku ‘i ai ha ngaahi feitu‘u ‘e ni‘ihi ‘i Nu‘u Sila ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a ‘enau lisi ‘o e Civil Defence Centres ‘i he‘enau uepisaití. Ko ha ngaahi feitu‘u ‘e ni‘ihi te nau fakaava ha fale ke hoko ko ha Civil Defence Centre ‘o makatu‘unga pē ‘i he me‘a fakatu‘upakē ko iá.
‘I he ngaahi feitu‘u ‘e ni‘ihi ‘i Nu‘u Sila, ‘e lava ke ui ‘a e Civil Defence Centre ko ha Welfare Centre pe ko ha Community Emergency Centre.
‘I ha senitā ‘oku tataki ‘e he koló, te ke lava ‘o:
‘Oku fakalele homou senitaá ‘e he kakai ‘i homou komiunitī fakakoló ‘o ‘ikai ha tokoni faka‘ofisiale ki ai. ‘Oku ‘ikai ke ‘i ai ha nāunau, me‘akai, vai pe kafu ‘oku tauhi ai koe‘uhí he ‘oku fa‘a ‘osi ma‘u pē ia ‘i homou ngaahi ‘apí mo e komiunitií.
‘E lava ke kaungā ngāue ‘a e ngaahi senitā ‘oku taki ‘e he komiunitií mo e Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups ki ha fale‘i mo ha poupou kimu‘a pea mo e lolotonga ‘o e ngaahi fakatamaki fakatu‘upakeé.
‘E malava ko e ngaahi senitā ‘oku taki ‘e he komiunitií ko ha ngaahi feitu‘u ia ‘oku ‘osi faka‘ilonga‘i ‘e he koló kimu‘a ‘i ha me‘a fakatu‘upakē. Pe ko e lava ke fakaava mo fakalele ‘e he ngaahi koló ha senitā ‘oku taki ‘e he komiunitií ‘o makatu‘unga pē ‘i he fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē ko iá.
‘Oku ‘i ai ‘a e ngaahi komiunitī ia ‘e ni‘ihi ‘oku ‘ikai ke nau faka‘aonga‘i ‘e kinautolu ha fale. ‘Oku nau ‘oatu ha tokoni ‘o fakafou ‘i ha ngaahi kupu fekau‘aki ‘o ha kakai.
Makatu‘unga pē ‘i he feitu‘u ‘okú ke nofo aí, ‘e lava ke ui ‘a e senitā ‘oku taki ‘e he koló ko e:
Ko e marae ‘oku fa‘a hoko ia ko ha feitu‘u ke fakatahataha ki ai ‘a e whānau/kāingá mo e komiunitī fakatokolahí ‘i he ngaahi taimi ‘oku fiema‘u aí. ‘Oku fa‘a hoko ‘a e marae he taimi ‘e ni‘ihi ko ha ngaahi senitā ‘oku taki ‘e he komiunitií.
‘Oku nau fakahoko ha fatongia mahu‘inga ‘i ha fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē. ‘Oku nau hoko ko ha ngaahi senitā fakakomiunitī falala‘anga, ‘o nau ‘oatu ha ngaahi sēvesi mātu‘aki fu‘u fiema‘u hangē ko e:
‘Oku ‘oatu ‘e he marae ‘a e poupou mo e tu‘unga malu fakae‘ulungāanga fakafonua ‘o fakafōtunga atu ‘i he manaakitanga (talitali kakaí) mo e Kotahitanga (uouongatahá).
‘Oku lahi ‘a e ngaahi fakatu‘utāmaki fakaenatulá ‘i Nu‘u Sila. Fekumi ki he me‘a ke faí kimu‘a, lolotonga mo e hili ‘a e fa‘ahinga fakatamaki fakatu‘upakē takitaha.