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Gavin brings a unique skillset to comprehensive emergency management in New Zealand. His background includes tertiary studies in management science, information systems, geographical information systems (GIS) and emergency management.
He is a certified USAR Category 1 Responder, and has been a Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) volunteer for ten years. In 2002, Gavin spent five months with the District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency in Washington, D.C. as an intern, where he gained unique experience and training in emergency management in the age of terrorism.
Predominantly, Gavin focuses on Readiness, and Response. He specialises in reviewing emergency management arrangements, developing plans, and co-ordinating exercises. His experience covers a range of sectors including health, central government, utility and the private sector.
Gavin is also a member of the Board and the Project Management Committee for the Sahana project – a free-and-open source Disaster Management System. This project started as a response tool in Sri Lanka following the 26 December 2004 earthquake and tsunami. He has taken an active voluntary role in this rewarding project, including co-facilitating a workshop in Columbo, Sri Lanka in September 2005.
Projects
- Mass Evacuation Plan for the Auckland Region (December 2007)
- Niue Island – Development of National Disaster Plan (October 2007)
- Risk Reduction Gap Analysis and Reporting Framework for the Auckland Region (July 2007)
- Exercise Capital Quake (November 2006)
- Review of Manukau City Council Emergency Response Capacity and Capability (September 2006)
- Assessment of the Capacity and Capability of the Auckland Region CDEM Group (August 2006)
- Auckland Region CDEM Group - Recovery Arrangements (December 2005)
- Northland CDEM Group - Marsden Point Community Response Plan (November 2005)
- Auckland Engineering Lifelines Group - Report on Resources for Lifeline Utility Response and Recovery (September 2005)
- Canterbury District Health Board - Exercise (April 2005)
- Canterbury District Health Board - Corporate Emergency Response Plan Review (March 2005)
- Community and Public Health - Emergency Response Plan Review (June 2004)
- Community and Public Health - Exercise (May 2004)
- Shell Todd Oil Services - Annual Exercise (December 2003)
- Gas Association of New Zealand - NGOCP Exercise (September 2003)