Fire and Emergency sends help to our Queensland neighbours
On Tuesday we sent a contingent of firefighters to Australia to help fight the wildfires burning across Queensland.
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A lot of progress on working safely in water
There has been considerable progress in the Working Safely in Water project over recent months.
‘Shadowing’ incident management at Canadian wildfires
Two of our people recently spent two weeks in British Colombia, Canada ‘shadowing’ Type One Incident Commanders and Incident Management Teams (IMTs).
Winter Ignite is out now
There is lots to read including a spread on our deployment to Canada, ground-breaking fire whirl research, how our drones came to the rescue during Cyclone Gabrielle, preparing to respond to incidents in the new City Rail Link tunnels, and celebrating Matariki.
Public Safety Network launches new cellular roaming service
Today the Public Safety Network (PSN) launches its first deliverable – a cellular roaming service for emergency services’ phones and devices allowing them to use both Spark and One NZ mobile networks.
Third deployment to Canada is an inter-agency effort
Last week, Fire and Emergency’s third deployment of firefighters left Aotearoa bound for Canada.
Our crews assisting the Canada wildfire efforts
After a long trip, the contingent from Fire and Emergency has arrived in Alberta and is hard at work helping to fight a high number of wildfires raging across the Western part of Canada.
Response to Weather Event Update #1
We are continuing to closely monitor the weather warnings across the country to inform where we send specialist resources.
Online education webinar: National Ambulance Air Desk and ANTS criteria
Our next My Health Hub webinar is ‘National Ambulance Air Desk and ANTS criteria’ and will be held tomorrow night (18 April) between 7 and 8pm hosted by Kathryn Steel, Clinical Manager of our National Air desk and Aaron Waterreus, Specialist Response Manager.
USAR rescue trapped person in floods in Manukau Heads
During the Auckland floods earlier this year, some of our brigades and members of our Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team were called to Orua Bay in Manukau Heads to rescue two people trapped within a collapsed building.