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‘Shadowing’ incident management at Canadian wildfires

28/08/2023 | Operational, Emergency management | National

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

15/08/2023 | Achievements, Operational, Emergency management, Risk reduction | National

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

20/07/2023 | Achievements, Emergency management | National

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

28/06/2023 | Operational, Emergency management | National

Last week, Fire and Emergency’s third deployment of firefighters left Aotearoa bound for Canada.

Our crews assisting the Canada wildfire efforts

02/06/2023 | Operational, Emergency management | National

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

04/05/2023 | Emergency management, Event | National

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

17/04/2023 | Operational, Emergency management | National

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

14/04/2023 | Operational, Emergency management | National

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.

Rescue drill at Stormwater Outfall Upgrade Project at Ports of Auckland

11/04/2023 | Operational, Emergency management | National

A rescue drill was held at the Ports of Auckland stormwater outfall upgrade project last month. Our National Infrastructure Advisor Jon Harris was invited to observe to learn more about the project and the safety and rescue procedures in place.

New international deployment kits

11/04/2023 | Operational, Emergency management | National

Our people who are deployed internationally now have new kit bags with fit for purpose equipment to meet their needs in the wide range of environments they are sent to.

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