RUANE, Shane

Major, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

CITATION

Distinguished Service Decoration

New Year Honours List 2013

When an earthquake struck Christchurch on 22 February 2011, Major Ruane was sent to the city as Civil Defence Liaison Officer. As the crisis

unfolded he was re-assigned as the Liaison Officer to the Mayor of Christchurch, a position he held for five weeks. In this role, he displayed

outstanding diligence and devotion to duty, working extremely long hours and without respite, supporting the work of the Mayor and his team by

providing links to Civil Defence, Police, Fire Service and other agencies, as they dealt with the immediate aftermath of the earthquake. He was then

re-assigned to command the New Zealand Defence Force Security and Cordon Reduction Planning Cell. In this role he worked with and co-ordinated

the activities of a number of agencies to develop civil defence multi-agency action plans for the reduction of the central city cordon, as well as

introducing a cordon access policy that became the focal point for the entire security operation around the Christchurch CBD. Throughout the weeks

that he was involved in these operations, Major Ruane was a key NZDF representative who played an important and leading role in coordinating the

activities of all the agencies that dealt with the immediate aftermath of the earthquake.

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Service Decoration

New Zealand Operational Service Medal

New Zealand East Timor Medal

United Nations Medal (UNTAET)

New Zealand General Service Medal (Solomon Islands)

New Zealand Defence Service Medal

Regular

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