Archive for April, 2009

One year since the Sichuan earthquake

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Every month the Ministry of Civil Defence publishes a newsletter called the E-Bulletin.  It is aimed at the Civil Defence community rather than the general public but it has some interesting articles.

This month it mentions a series of seminars put on by engineers who vistited the area devastated by the magnitude 8 earthquake in Sichuan, China, last year. The Wellington seminar is on 12 May – exactly 1 year since the earthquake.

More details can be found in the April E-Bulletin.

Gisborne Mayor, Meng Foon by collapsed apartments, Sichuan 2008

Gisborne Mayor, Meng Foon by collapsed apartments, Sichuan 2008

Radios ready to install

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

We are almost ready to install our first 2-way radio in a local school.  The radio for Otari school is all ready to go and Tinakori Lions are ready to help us install it.