Brigades receive new Incident Support Vehicles
Whangārei, Washdyke, and Rotorua Brigades have each received a brand new Incident Support Vehicle (ISV) which is used to carry bulk equipment to incidents.
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COVID-19 Update for Hawke's Bay
COVID-19 has been identified within the community and emergency response personnel in the Hawke’s Bay following the impacts of ex-tropical Cyclone Gabrielle.
Work underway on new MOU with St John
We have started work to review the Memorandum of Understanding we have with St John.
Fire Information Unit is now called Regulatory Compliance Group
If you usually use fireinfounit@fireandemergency.nz or fireinfo@fireandemergency.nz to communicate with the Fire Information Unit, please delete them from your email address book and use the new email address: rcg@fireandemergency.nz
From National Commander: Update on Türkiye and Syria earthquakes response
Kia ora koutou,
I’d like to update you on our contribution to the international response efforts currently underway in Türkiye and Syria after the devastating 7. 8 magnitude earthquake on 6 February 2023.
Decontamination: what is happening in Australia?
A team of three is heading off to Australia to evaluate the decontamination techniques, equipment, and technologies used over there and assess what will work best for Fire and Emergency.
New Fire Awareness and Prevention Programme launched
FAIP is a free specialist intervention programme, delivered by trained firefighters, for taiohi (young people) who set fires.