Asking the public for information

Page updated: 30 November 2020

If you're the Incident Controller, you may want to ask the public for information during the Operations stage. You can do this in a variety of ways.

Choose the most appropriate way to ask the public for information

You may ask the public for information by using:

public broadcast band radio and other media outlets

private radio networks, for example, private radio networks operated by the Department of Conservation, councils (including park rangers), transport operators, recreational groups and organisations

public radio networks, for example, marine coastal radio VHF and HF networks operated by Maritime New Zealand, aviation networks operated by Airways, air traffic control at airports

social media that can be accessed by the New Zealand Police.