USAR response for Ngāti Kahungunu establishes strong bond with Fire and Emergency
Efforts of search and rescue teams in Hawke's Bay lead to new relationships being built with local iwi.
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From National Commander: Update on Türkiye and Syria earthquakes response
Kia ora koutou,
I’d like to update you on our contribution to the international response efforts currently underway in Türkiye and Syria after the devastating 7. 8 magnitude earthquake on 6 February 2023.
Improvement in weather conditions in New South Wales
Our Incident Management team based in New South Wales to assist with severe flooding reports that the last two days has seen an easing of the response to the floods as fine weather conditions have continued.
Our team in NSW sing a waiata to say thank you to local supermarket
Our Incident Management Team deployed to Parkes, New South Wales to assist with the severe flooding is preparing to return to New Zealand.
Acting Prime Minister visits our team in New South Wales
The Australian Acting Prime Minister, The Hon Richard Marles, visited our incident management team in Parkes, New South Wales, yesterday.
Our team deployed to NSW now on the ground at Parkes
Our team deployed to New South Wales is now on the ground at Parkes, a town just over 300 kms inland from Sydney.
USAR participates in earthquake response exercise in Indonesia
Four of our Urban Search and Rescue members recently attended an Asia-Pacific Regional Earthquake international earthquake response exercise in Bali, Indonesia.
Ministers announce Australian award for New Zealand firefighters and Defence Force personnel
Fire and Emergency personnel announced amongst New Zealanders awarded the Australian National Emergency Medal with Bushfires 19/20 Clasp.
USAR members helping Niue with COVID-19 response
Two of our USAR members are part of a medical and logistics support team that left New Zealand on Wednesday to help Niue deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
A look back at the 2020/2021 wildfire season
Over the past two years, we have worked with Scion to develop a summary report of the previous wildfire season to provide learnings for future seasons. The latest full report has been released, and is available here, along with a summary of findings.