NZ-RT5

Established in 1988, the Auckland North Shore Response Team (NZ-RT5) are a group of volunteers who train weekly in order to prepare for disaster response. Our primary purpose is to provide additional response capability in times of emergencies and disasters for our local communities. We respond to emergency situations when emergency services require additional support or are overwhelmed. The team is currently owned and managed by Auckland Emergency Management... While most team members are trained up to pre-hospital emergency care, we have been supporting the community and Auckland Emergency Management through the Covid-19 pandemic around welfare. The Covid-19 pandemic was a nationally declared civil defense emergency, so while most of the country was staying at home, the team was deemed an essential service and supported the welfare focused response with food deliveries to vulnerable families.