Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Jess Milligan at the St Johns control centre".
Christchurch command 2118 keeping track of units around town. Outside art gallery EOC (Emergency Operation Control)
A photograph of a panaroma of Christchurch with Spencer Park, Parklands Library, QEII Park, Bottle Lake Forest, Cowles Stadium, Animal Control, and the Waste Water Treatment Plant labelled. The panaroma is on the wall of the temporary Civil Defence headquarters set up at the Christchurch Art Gallery after the 4 September 2010 earthquake.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "MDC Senior Building Control Officers Bill East and Jeff Atkinson survey a historic homestead in Cass Road, Kaiapoi".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "MDC Senior Building Control Officers Bill East and Jeff Atkinson survey a historic homestead in Cass Road, Kaiapoi".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "From left - Janet Taylor-Murphey, Sarah House, Brendon McInnes and Jess Milligan (sitting) at the St Johns control centre".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Damage control. Urban Search and Rescue team members liaise with safety officers in front of Blackwells department store in Kaiapoi".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Tony Ryall, Minister of Health, visits Christchurch Hospital to get a status report on how it is coping. Pictured with staff at the Emergency Control Centre at the hospital".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Tony Ryall, Minister of Health, visits Christchurch hospital to get a status report on how it is coping. Pictured with staff at the Emergency Control Centre at the hospital".
A photograph of a Victim Support poster on a traffic light on Oxford Street. The poster reads, "Looking after yourself in times of crisis. Firstly you have the strength within you to get through this. You are not alone: keep talking to the people around you, use your family, whanau, friends and colleagues and do what you can to help others. Don't ingnore your own emotions and don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. Keep positive: it is important to keep a positive attitude to events keeping a focus on your strengths and positive coping skills. Do things that will help give you a sense of control. Remaining positive can help reduce stress and anxiety in other people around you, especially children. Reduce stress: you need to keep to routines as much as possible including eating, sleeping, exercise and incorporating those things you enjoy doing as part of your usual daytime activities. Do things that you find comforting as be with people who company you enjoy. It is especially important for children to be participating in normal routine activities as quickly as possible to reduce long term stress factors. You may experience a range of feelings as you move through the crisis and afterwards. Stress, worry, anxiety, fear, uncertainty, anger etc. all are natural responses. Feeling tense and constantly going over events in your mind are also natural responses. It is normal and okay to feel whatever you are feeling. The intensity of uncomfortable thoughts and feelings will lessen as life returns to normal".