Michele Poole

Michele is a Public Information Management specialist with extensive experience across the emergency management sector.

She has worked on many of New Zealand’s most significant incidents in the last 30 years and has deployed to support emergency responses in Queensland and New South Wales. She also trains and supports PIMs around New Zealand and has also developed and implemented Fire and Emergency’s EmStratComms capability.

Michele is a member of NEMA’s Emergency Management Assistance Team (EMAT), Fire and Emergency NZ’s Urban Search and Rescue Command Support Team, and Maritime NZ’s National Oil Spill Response Team. She represents FENZ on the AFAC Public Information and Warnings Group.