Testing our ability to respond to a significant Alpine Fault earthquake
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.
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.
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.
Risk Reduction is currently leading the revision of the Firefighting Water Supply Code of Practice (the Code).
Congratulations to Fire and Emergency’s Urban Search and Rescue team NZL-01 for achieving their INSARAG External Reclassification (IER).
Two of our people involved in the Aerial appliance procurement project recently returned from Finland where they checked over our new appliances.
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.
Te Kei recently held its three day SIMEX to train and test their capability to respond to a large incident.
On Tuesday, three of our people received awards on behalf of their teams at the prestigious New Zealand Search and Rescue Awards at Parliament.
Next week is a big week for our Urban Search and Rescue team as they are tested for their reclassification as an international deployable team.
Earlier this month teams from across the Region came together at Te Hiku Region HQ for a three-day SIMEX.