25/06/2024
| Operational
| National
The Aerial Appliance Procurement Project is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) for a “Training Coordinator” to assist the Project team to develop a Training Plan and a team of Aerial Trainers to train operational personnel on our new aerial appliances when they arrive in the country.
18/06/2024
| Operational
| National
The Uniform Retender Project has reached a significant milestone, recently choosing a preferred uniform supplier.
13/06/2024
| Operational,
Emergency management
| National
Yesterday was the first day of Exercise Rū Whenua – a national exercise designed to test New Zealand’s arrangements for responding to, and recovering from, a major earthquake.
05/06/2024
| Operational
| National
Scannable is a new safety equipment management system the Equipment and Logistics Team is implementing for all our line rescue and height safety personal protective equipment.
04/06/2024
| Operational
| National
Risk Reduction is currently leading the revision of the Firefighting Water Supply Code of Practice (the Code).
31/05/2024
| Operational,
Emergency management
| National
Congratulations to Fire and Emergency’s Urban Search and Rescue team NZL-01 for achieving their INSARAG External Reclassification (IER).
30/05/2024
| Operational
| National
Two of our people involved in the Aerial appliance procurement project recently returned from Finland where they checked over our new appliances.
30/05/2024
| Operational,
Emergency management
| National
This morning we sent a team of our urban search and rescue personnel to Papua New Guinea to help with the devastation caused by a major landslide in Enga Province on 24 May.
29/05/2024
| Training,
Operational,
Emergency management
| National
Te Kei recently held its three day SIMEX to train and test their capability to respond to a large incident.
24/05/2024
| Operational
| National
On Tuesday, three of our people received awards on behalf of their teams at the prestigious New Zealand Search and Rescue Awards at Parliament.