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Graeme is currently the Emergency Management Coordinator
employed by the St John Ambulance Service in Christchurch,
New Zealand.
Under contract with the New Zealand Ministry of Health,
Graeme is responsible for major incident planning and health
response coordination throughout the South Island, which
involves close involvement with all health providers in
the area of emergency planning and response.
Graeme is a member of a health sector advisory group, advising
the Ministry on action planning for emerging infectious
diseases. As facilitator for the Canterbury West Coast region
Emergency Care Coordinating Team, Graeme currently advises
on the delivery of emergency care from roadside to bedside.
In addition to this Graeme is also the liaison contact for
a 24hour free telephone health advice service in the South
Island.
Prior to this position Graeme was a member of the New Zealand
Police Force for 28 years, achieving rank of Superintendent.
His police career involved wide experience in operational
planning, management and officer in command of emergency
incidents. He has been on the directing staff of the Royal
New Zealand Police College, the Australian Federal Police
College and the Australian Police Staff College (now Australian
Institute of Police Management) lecturing Senior Courses
on operational planning and command. Graeme is still actively
involved in incident management training and facilitating
exercises for health professionals on incident response
coordination.
Graeme retired from the police in 1996 to take up his present
position. After attending the Australian Disaster Medicine
course at Mt Macedon, Graeme developed an interest in the
management of CBR (Chemical Biolological Radiation) incidents,
consequently producing a planning guide for hospitals and
providing input into a national antidote stocks database.
He is also a member and advisor to several emergency service
planning groups throughout the South Island.
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