Kristin's typical clients include the health, utility and governmental organisations, most of whom are members of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups. As such, they have legislative obligations in declared emergencies. Kristin has worked on developing training programmes in emergency preparedness, developing and facilitating exercises that test emergency plans and organisational relationships, critiquing plans and assisting organisations to improve emergency management components of their operations. Kristin also assists clients in alignment of their business continuity and emergency management processes.
Additionally, Kristin manages projects within the risk portfolio of the New Zealand Centre for Advanced Engineering, New Zealand's largest think tank. In this role she facilitates and contributes to projects and workshops on the management of risk and risk communication. One of her more recent projects addressed organisational attitudes and partnered approaches to risk. This resulted in the publication, "Challenging the Future", of which Kristin is one of the authors. She also project managed the revision of "Fire Engineering Design Guide" culminating in the 3rd edition of this book. Her current risk programme activities are concerned with several projects analysing and addressing natural hazard considerations in land use policy and practice.
Kristin is actively involved in the NZ Branch of the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) and the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). Kristin holds the Certified Emergency Manager® (CEM®) credential and is the current President of the Oceania Council of the IAEM as well as the IAEM Global Professional Services Director. Kristin is a former Branch Councillor of the IFE NZ Branch.
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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. 