Our lead role in Hawke’s Bay’s emergency response
Right off the back of a Fire and Emergency Simex, Area Manager Ken Cooper arrived home only to get right back into emergency-mode a week later, responding to the Hawke’s Bay flooding.
Right off the back of a Fire and Emergency Simex, Area Manager Ken Cooper arrived home only to get right back into emergency-mode a week later, responding to the Hawke’s Bay flooding.
Twelve firefighters from around the country tested the next generation Level 2s at Rotorua at the end of November.
The Risk Reduction team is now consulting on new proposed fire plans in three trial areas – Northland, Hawke’s Bay and Otago. The development and consultation of these plans are a requirement of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (the Act).
43 new technicians, medics and logisticians have joined Fire and Emergency’s Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team.
Recent floods in Napier were a reminder of how our climate is changing and the likelihood of these events becoming more frequent.
Ambulance workers are taking industrial action from 4 November 2020.
Takaka Volunteer Fire Brigade Chief Fire Officer Phil Woolf is encouraging all our volunteer fire brigades to do the Working Safely Around Water training.
A technical issue has caused a problem with some operational personnel start dates in the HR/Payroll and SMS systems.
Working safely around water training is now compulsory at our National Training Centre.
Our PPE laundry and repair provider TotalCare opened its second warehouse in Christchurch on Monday.