FeederLines: Hydraulic rescue cutter blade crossover
We have added a new case study to our FeederLines series which features specific incidents or themes aimed at helping with continuous improvement in our operational response.
News
Island Block Vegetation Fire – Operational Review Findings and Recommendations
The Island Block fire in October 2024 burned over 1,039 hectares of internationally significant wetland, and tested Fire and Emergency’s ability to respond to a complex, multi-agency incident.
International Mentorship Opportunity
Expressions of interest are sought from Fire and Emergency and partner agency personnel to be mentees or mentors as part of a pilot programme for developing wildfire capability.
City Rail Link emergency preparedness put to the test
Te Hiku Regional Headquarters recently hosted a comprehensive series of tabletop exercises focused on emergency preparedness within the City Rail Link (CRL) tunnel.
Understanding Psychological Trauma in Firefighters
As part of our partnership agreement with My Health Hub to deliver health/medical response-related topics to our people, we have an upcoming webinar on.Understanding Psychological Trauma in Firefighters.
FeederLines 3-minute lesson: EV vapour cloud injuries
This is the first issue of a condensed version of FeederLines called a 3-minute lesson.
Do you know what happens in our National Coordination Centre?
An induction session on our National Coordination Centre (NCC) last month saw many of our Wellington-based people attend to find out what actually goes on there.
Celebrating our amazing ComCens people
This week is International Control Room Week, and we are celebrating our people who work in our three Communications Centres and the amazing job they do.
Webinar on infection prevention and control
Fire and Emergency has a partnership agreement with My Health Hub to deliver health/medical response-related topics to our people in a webinar format.
Changes to Aircraft Passenger/Cargo Manifest
Following lessons identified during Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle and other large-scale operations we have updated the FER247-NZ Aircraft Passenger/Cargo Manifest.