TMBC Biosecurity Response Questionnaire

Calling all biosecurity champions: let’s get prepared!

Imagine we find ourselves dealing with a nasty invasion of fruit flies or brown marmorated stink bugs… would you be keen to help stop their spread?

Tauranga Moana Biosecurity Capital (TMBC) are building a matrix of interested people who will be trained to help protect our region by supporting Biosecurity New Zealand-led responses.

It’s not just technical experts, everyone has a role to play in a response from coordinating logistics and operations through to assisting in welfare and communications.

You’ll be a joining a team of passionate locals who are keen to learn about how New Zealand agencies and organisations coordinate, command and control responses of any scale using the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS).

We will be working with Biosecurity New Zealand to develop a training plan so that as many of us as possible are prepared and ready to hit the ground running, should we need to deal with any unwanted pests or diseases.

This is about being in a position to contribute our local knowledge and skills, to protect what we love about life in the Bay of Plenty.

Complete this short questionnaire about your background, experience and skills that could be useful in a biosecurity response and we’ll take care of the rest.

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* 1. Please answer the following questions:

Name

Company / Industry

Iwi/hapū affiliations

Position/ Job Title

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. Please provide a brief summary of your work history or current role:

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* 3. What response experience (if any) do you have? This could be civil defence emergencies or local responses:

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* 4. Do you have experience under the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS)? For example: operations, logistics, intelligence, planning, welfare, iwi liaison, health and safety)?

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* 5. Would you be physically fit and able to work in field activities such as surveillance (e.g. checking and laying traps, and fruit collection), organism management (spraying and baiting) and movement control (public awareness such as installing signage, permitting and delivering pamphlets)?

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* 6. Do you have any skills and certificates relating to chemical spraying?

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* 7. Are you warranted under any Acts (i.e. do you have power to enact legal requirements)?

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* 8. Do you have any tertiary qualifications?

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* 9. Is there any additional information that could provide insight into the best fit for you in the various response roles? For example any special interests, community/voluntary groups, language skills etc?

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* 10. Do you have a current First Aid Certificate, if so at what level? (e.g. Level 1 or 2)

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* 11. Current driver licence?

Yes

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* 12. Which of these particular training options would be interested in?

Introduction to Readiness and Response at Biosecurity New Zealand

Overview of the Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS) framework

Response essentials for the CIMS roles and tasks

Response essentials for Incident Management Team (IMT)

Practical biosecurity response exercise simulations

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* 13. Which of these functions do you think you would be most suitable for?

Intelligence: information, situation analysis, forecasting

Planning: action planning, long-term planning, contingency planning

Operations: coordination, liaison, volunteer coordination

Logistics: finance, admin, transport, supply, catering, facilities, personnel

Public Information Management: spokesperson, information and warnings, media, community liaison

Welfare: inquiry, registration, psychosocial support, financial assistance, shelter and accommodation, animal welfare, care & protection for children

Iwi liaison

Technical expertise

Other (please specify)

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* 14. I acknowledge that this information is being collected for the purpose of a TMBC biosecurity response database and will not be shared outside of this purpose.

Yes