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10. Emergency Management Flashcards

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Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002.

Definition of emergency: Under the CDEM Act, give the definition of ‘emergency’? (5)

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An emergency is any situation that:

  1. is the result of anything happening (explosion, flood, earthquack, etc), and
  2. causes or may cause death, illness, distress, or
  3. endangers the safety of public/property, and
  4. emergency services cannot deal with it, or
  5. requires significant coordinated response.
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CDEM Act 2002.

Comment: When a state of emergency is declared or is in force, a DCJ may issue a warrant to Police under s78(2) CDEM Act 2002 giving them the powers to do what? (3)

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  1. To enter and search any premises (NOT a dwelling)
  2. To obtain information that is required urgently to prevent or limit the extent of the emergency.
  3. The person possessing info is refusing to hand over

(not exceed 10 days)

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CDEM Act 2002.

While s78 of the act also gives you power of entry to obtain info that is required urgently, s80 covers your powers i.e. enter & search prems, use assistants to help, use reasonable force to effect entry, and search & seize any the info stated in the Warrant.

  1. What else does this s80 cover in terms of the information? (2)
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  1. You can take COPIES or EXTRACTS of any documents (sought in the warrant) and
  2. You can direct the person in possession of the document/information to reproduce it into useable form.
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CDEM Act 2002.

Comment Evacuation of premises and places:

  1. If a state of emergency is in force, sect 86 ‘Evacuation of Premises and Places’ allows you to do what? (2)
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  1. Evacuate any premises or place including any public place; or
  2. Exclude any person(s) or vehicle(s) from any premises or place, including any public place.
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CDEM Act 2002.

Comment Entry on Premises:

If a state of emergency is in force, s87 ‘Entry on Premises’ allows you to do what? (2)

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  • To enter or break into any premises or place if you believe on reasonable grounds that it is necessary to do so for;
  • saving life, preventing injury, or rescuing or removing injured or endangered persons; or - permitting or facilitating any urgent measure for the relief of suffering or distress.
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CDEM Act 2002.

Requisitioning Powers:

Under s90 CDEM Act, Police can requisition any

  • building, vehicle, boat, animal, apparatus, implement, construction materials food, medical supplies etc.. and place it under their control
    1. What would be the main reason for doing this? (1)
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  • If it’s deemed necessary to preserve human life.
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CDEM Act 2002.

Comment Powers to give directions:

If a state of emergency is in force, s91 ‘Power to give directions’ -

  1. What direction may you give? (2)
  2. What then does subsection 2 allow you to do? (1)
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  1. Direct any person to stop any activity that may cause or substantially contribute to an emergency
  2. Request any person either verbally or in writing to take any action to prevent or limit the extent of the emergency.
  3. May direct the owner of a structure (or the owners agent) to obtain an assessment of the effect of the emergency on the structure
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CIMS - Coordinated Incident Mgmt System.

For the purpose of CIMS, an incident is defined as what? (1)

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  1. An occurrence that involves one or more agencies.
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CIMS - Coordinated Incident Mgmt System.

CIMS is generally used for emergencies incidents however it may also be used in non-emergency incidents such as what? (1)

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  1. Large public gatherings and events
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Emergency Management.

For the purposes of CIMS, what is an emergency defined as? (2)

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  1. A situation that poses an immediate risk to life, health, property, or the environment, and
  2. Requires a coordinated response
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Emergency Management.

The components of emergency management are referred to as the ‘4Rs’. What are they?

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  1. Risk reduction
  2. Readiness (to respond)
  3. Response, and
  4. Recovery
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Emergency Management.

In terms of the ‘4Rs’, at what level does CIMS apply? (1)

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CIMS is applied during the ‘Response’ level, and therefore must be factored into readiness.

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Emergency Management.

What are some of common ‘Response’ (4R’s) objectives? (10)

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  1. Preserve life
  2. Prevent escalation
  3. Mantain law and order
  4. Care for injured/sick/dependant
  5. Provide essential services
  6. Preserve governance
  7. Protect assets
  8. Protect natural and physical resources
  9. Provide animal welfare
  10. Preserve economic/social activity
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Emergency Management.

CIMS Principals: What are the 10 principles that the CIMS structure is based on?

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  1. Common structure/roles/responsibilities - work effectively alongside each other.
  2. Common terminology - improves communication, allows faster and more effective response.
  3. Modular and scalable - flexible.
  4. Responsive to community needs
  5. Intergrated response coordination - organisation of responding agencies into a single, cohesive response.
  6. Consolidated action planning
  7. Intergrated info management and communication - common operating picture
  8. Resource coordination - Lead agencies monitors resources
  9. Designated response facilities
  10. Managable span of control - Optimum span of control 2 - 7
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Emergency Management: CIMS principles.

Part of being ‘responsive to community needs’ means response personnel needs to communicate with communities to understand their needs and base response & recovery actions on these needs. Communities will actively participate in a response rather then wait passively for assistance, therefore what do we need to ensure happens with their response? (1)

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  1. We need to ensure community response actions are coordinated with the official response.
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Emergency Management: CIMS principles.

Manageable span of control - under CIMS principles, what does this mean?

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  • means the number of individuals or teams one person can manage effectively - the optimum span of control is between 2 & 7.
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Emergency Management.

Lead Agency, Support Agency and Unified Control:

  1. The ‘Lead Agency’ has the mandate to manage a response to an incident, where does that mandate come from? (4)
A
  1. From legislation
  2. Protocols
  3. By agreement, and because
  4. It has the expertise and experience.
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Emergency Management.

Lead Agency, Support Agency and Unified Control:

  1. What is it called when there are more than two lead agencies in a CIMS structure? (1)
  2. When would this commonly occur? (3)
A
  1. Unified Control structure.
  2. Occurs when the ‘lead’ agency cannot readily identified, or
  3. More than 1 agency has a mandate to manage a particular incident
  4. Lead Agency decides a joint approach will be more effective.
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Response Management.

The CIMS function:

The CIMS structure divides tasks and responsibilities into 7 categories/functions, which allows multiple agencies to coordinate resources effectively and make it easier for their staff to work alongside each other.

  1. What are these categories/functions? (Refer page 21 Figure 3 CIMS Function)
A
  1. Control
  2. Intel,
  3. Planning,
  4. Operations,
  5. Logistics,
  6. PIM (Public Info Mgmt) and
  7. Welfare
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Response Management.

Incident Management Team:

The Incident Management Team (IMT) assists the Controller (CIMS incident) by providing advice and specialist knowledge, and handling detailed work. Who may be included as part of the IMT? (3)

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  1. Response Manager
  2. Technical Experts
  3. Risk Advisor
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Response Management.

Response Levels:

  1. Under CIMs, there are 5 response levels, what are they? (Refer page 23 Figure 5)
  2. List where every Response levels are coordinated from?
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  1. National - agency HQs, government coordination
  2. Regional - CDEM groups, regional agency offices
  3. Local - local authorities, agencies at district/city level
  4. Incident - first responders
  5. Community - general public
  6. National (NCC) - National Commnad Centre
  7. Regional (ECC) - Emergency Coordination Centres
  8. Local (EOC) - Emergency Operation Centres
  9. Incident (ICP) - Incident Control Points
  10. Community

NB: In order of response levels, HIgher = 1 Low = 5

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Response Management.

Scaling Responses: A decision to scale the response structure needs to be based on the what? (3)

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  1. Safety of the response personnel, the public, and property
  2. Size and complexity of the incident, and the extent of response required, and
  3. Span of control.
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Response Management.

An Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is established to coordinate a multi-agency or multi-incident response between respective Incident Control Points (ICPs).

  1. When is an EOC activated? (3)
A
  1. When there are several incident level responses at different sites,
  2. When off-site coordination and support are required, or
  3. To coordinate multi-agency or multi-incident responses.
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Response Management.

Local, Regional, and National level:

A Coordination Centre (CC) is where the Controller and IMT manage their response from. The CC may be as small as a single vehicle or desk, or as large as an entire building with dozens of personnel.

  1. There are 4 types of CCs, What are they?
A
  1. Incident Control Point (ICP) - incident level CCs . There is only one ICP at this level; separate ICPs may be established at other response sites.
  2. Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs) are local level
  3. Emergency Coordination Centres (ECCs) are regional level, and
  4. National Coordination Centres (NCCs) are national level.
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Response Management.

Managing changeovers:

Changeovers are a major factor in incident management effectiveness and efficiency.

  1. The IMT plan and manage changeovers, what do they need to ensure occurs during a changeover?
  2. Changeovers occur to? (3)
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  1. Outgoing personnel leave once they have briefed their replacements
  2. Changeovers:
  • Increase personnel safety and reduce risk
  • Do not disturb response operations, and
  • Are staggered to ensure continuity of response operations.
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Response Management Functions.

Governance:

Every response (CIMS) has executive oversight known as Governance.

  1. Who can carry out the role of Governance? (3)
  2. Who is authority delegated out to?
A
  1. Senior agency managers
  2. Political leaders
  3. Chief executives
  4. Governance has ultimate responsibility for response but they delegate authority and operational control to a Controller.
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Response Management Functions.

Governance:

What may Governance provide? (3)

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  1. Terms of reference
  2. Delegation of authority
  3. Directives that state the required response achievement (Preferably in written form) which forms the basis of an action plan
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Response Management Functions.

Governance:

What are some examples of governance responsibilities? (7)

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  • making strategic, rather than operational decisions,
  • providing high-level support, advice, and direction to the response,
  • activating a significant response and allocating the resources,
  • declaring, extending, or ending a ‘state of emergency’,
  • providing a spokesperson,
  • liaising with other levels of governance, and
  • deciding on special funding arrangements.
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CIMS Functions.

Intelligence is one of the 7 CIMS functions, what is it responsoble for?

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  1. Collection and Analysis of Response Information, relating to the status, hazards and the context of the incident.
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CIMS Functions.

Planning is one of the 7 CIMS functions, and is responsible for overseeing the development of Action Plans.

  1. What else is it responsible for? (4)
A
  1. Developing long-term plans and contingency plans,
  2. Assisting with planning the transition to recovery,
  3. Convening and conducting planning meetings, and
  4. Forecasting medium-to-long term resourcing requirements that will need to be provided by Logistics and supporting agencies.
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CIMS Functions.

Public Information Management (PIM), is one of the 7 CIMS functions, what is IMS responsible for? (4)

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  1. Informing the public about the incident and the response (including actions they need to take),
  2. Media liaison
  3. Monitoring, and
  4. Community liaison.
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CIMS Functions.

Operations is one of the 7 CIMS functions, what is it responsible for (3), and what are it’s sub-functions? (3)

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Responsibilities;

  1. Day-to-day coordination of the repsonse
  2. Detailed task planning
  3. Implementation of the action plan

Sub-functions;

  1. Operational coordination
  2. Liaison
  3. Volunteer coordination
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CIMS Functions.

Welfare is one of the 7 CIMS functions, what is it responsible for (1) , and what are it’s 9 sub-functions?

NB: Welfare sub-fuctions must be considered in an incident requiring significant welfare management.

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Responsibilities;

  1. Managing the consequences of an incident on individuals, whanau and communities

Sub-functions;

  1. Registration
  2. Inquiry
  3. Needs assessment
  4. Care and protection services for children, yp.
  5. Psychosocial support
  6. Household good and services
  7. Financial assistance
  8. Shelter and accommodation
  9. Animal Welfare
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CIMS Functions.

2014 Director’s Guidelines - Inquiry sub-function:

  1. Section 41 (1) (j) and (k) of the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan 2015 makes New Zealand Police, (amongst other emergency management functions), the agency responsible for what? (3)
  2. When a member of public has exhausted means to contact family or significant others, under what grounds can they engage Police as an Inquiry sub-function?
A
  1. Coordinating inquiries to;
  2. Assist family, whänau and nok make contact with each other; and,
  3. Trace missing persons and
  4. Notify their nok’.
  5. There are geniune fears for the persons safety.
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Action Plan Process.

An Action Plan details the desired outcome and key tasks for the management of an incident, and the measures that will be taken to achieve the outcome.

  1. An effective Action Plan should do what? (4)
  2. An whose document is it? (1)
A

Cover;

  1. integrate all of the agencies into a cohesive response
  2. increase situational awareness between agencies
  3. coordinate activities towards a common goal, and
  4. reduce risk, duplication, and conflicting actions.

The Action Plan:

  1. Is the Controller’s document. It is usually drafted by other personnel on the Controller’s behalf. The Controller determines intentions and sets the objectives for the Action Plan.
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Action Plan Process.

How long is the duration of an Action Plan for? (2)

A
  1. Action Plans cover the duration of the incident or an operational period defined by a Controller.
  2. They should allow sufficient time for the plan’s objectives to be achieved.
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Action Plan Process.

New Action Plans should not be developed at arbitrary periods.

  1. New Action Plans are only developed in what 3 situations?
A
  1. Objectives in original AP are achieved
  2. Situation changes significantly
  3. Objectives changed by Controller
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National CDEM Plan 2015.

Principals:

s36(a) National CDEM Plan, What is the the role of emergency services? (2)

A
  1. To ensure that planning encompasses the 4 ‘Rs’ and
  2. Enables an effective response to all emergencies
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Police Emergency Management Plans.

Police Emergency Plans must be developed and manitained by the DCs for each district.

  1. These plans provide for and form the basis of what? (1)
A
  1. Police action to cope with any emergency where an extensive coordinated response is necessary.
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Police Emergency Management Plans.

Emergency plans must be retained at district headquarters stations and at other stations or adjoining districts as considered necessary by district managers.

  1. Copies must be placed in strategic locations for ready access by which staff?
A
  1. Police staff at Sergeant level and above.
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Police Emergency Management Plans.

Police EM plans must be designed to cope with potential emergencies or disasters relevant to their district.

  1. Whenever possible a single plan encompassing ‘what’ should be prepared?
A
  1. An ‘all hazards’ approach
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Police role during a state of emergency.

What are the principal roles for Police during an emergency? (6)

A
  1. Maintaining law and order,
  2. Protecting life and property,
  3. Assisting the movement of rescue, medical, fire, and other essential services,
  4. Assisting the coroner as required by the Coroners Act
  5. Coordinating movement control over land,
  6. Conducting inland search and rescue.
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Declaration of a state of emergency.

  1. What are 2 types of declaration for a state of emergency?
A
  1. State of national emergency.
  2. Local state of emergency.
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Declaration of a state of emergency.

  1. When would a declaration of a s.o.e be made?
A
  1. A declaration would be made when the use of specific powers (as per sect 86-91 CDEM Act 2002) is required, Specific powers - Sect 86 - Evacuation of premises/ places Sect 87 - Entry onto premises Sect 88 - Close road / public places sect 89 - Removal of aircraft, vessels, vehicles etc sect 90 - Power to Requisition sect 91 - Power to give directions.
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Police role during a state of emergency.

If local or CDEM group response is established:

  1. Who must the District Commander advise? (1)
  2. Through what channel (2) ,and
  3. Within what time frame? (1)
A
  1. Must advise the Commissioner
  2. through the National Mgr: Response and Operations and the National Mgr NCCC
  3. This must be done immediately.
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Declaration of a state of emergency.

What are the 4 stages in declaring a state of emergency?

A
  1. DCs should commence discussions with regional CDEM Group EOC staff in the event of an impending or developing emergency.
  2. Where an emergency is beyond the scope and resources of Police and combined emergency services, the DC may request the CDEM Group to provide support and/or declare a state of emergency.
  3. Local Controllers must be kept informed of all related activities undertaken by Police during a state of emergency.
  4. The National Mgr: Response and Operations, PNHQ, must be notified when a state of emergency is declared.
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CDEM Act 2002.

Comment s88 CDEM Act 2002: Road Closures

  1. If a state of emergency is in force, a Constable or a Controller, or any person acting under the authority of the Constable or Controller, or any person so authorised in a relevant civil efence emergency management plan, may in order to prevent or limit the extent of the emergency do what?
A

Totally or partially

Prohibit or restrict public access

with or without vehicles

To any road or public place within the area or district

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CDEM Act 2002.

Comment s92 CDEM Act 2002.

Power to carry out inspections:

  1. Under s92 while a state of emergency is in force, a Controller or Constable or any person acting under the authority of a Controller or Constable may do what? (9)
A
  1. Examine
  2. Mark
  3. Seize
  4. Sample
  5. Secure
  6. Disinfect
  7. Destroy any property
  8. Destroy any animal
  9. Destroy any other thing

In order to prevent or limit the extent of the emergency.

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CDEM Act 2002.

Comment: Summary of Powers of compulsion under CDEM Act.

  1. Any member of the Police may authorise someone else to exercise any of these powers, provided what?
  2. Under s93: Person exercising emergency powers to provide proof of identity: What must a person exercising emergency powers have on them and do what with it?
A
  1. That the police members believes the action is neccessary for the reasons given in the legislation.
  2. Have evidence of identity and if requested to produce it and give a general explanation of the authority and powers.
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CDEM Act 2002.

Offences: s95, s98, s104

  1. Under s95, Failure to comply with requirement in CDEM plan, when does a person commit an offence?
  2. Under s98 Obstruction, when does a person commit an offence?
  3. Under s104 Penalty for offences, what is the penalty if a person commits an affence against this act?
A
  1. Who intentionally fails to comply with a requirement in the CDEM plan.
  2. During a s.o.e (or transition period) threatens, assaults, or intentionally obstructs or hinders any person’s exercise or performance of a function, power, or duty under this Act.
  3. Individual = 3 months/fine not exceeding $5000 or both. Body corporate = Fine not exceeding $50,000.

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