18/08/2020
| Operational,
ICT/Technology
| National
We are nearing the completion of the deployment of the new Fire Weather System (FWSYS) Ecoconnect Application version 3 and want to remind you that the old version will no longer be available from 28 August.
18/08/2020
| Operational,
Safety, Health & Wellbeing
| National
The Wolf Was Not Sleeping is a bedtime story developed by New Zealand Firefighters Welfare Society for young children whose parents are first responders working within stressful environments.
16/07/2020
| Operational,
Safety, Health & Wellbeing
| National
We have 11,977 operational people working at Fire and Emergency and of these 9,647 had completed the Working Safely Around Water training module as at 1 July this year.
02/07/2020
| Operational,
ICT/Technology
| National
Our Risk Reduction and ICT teams, in partnership with NIWA and Scion Research, are planning to deploy an upgraded Fire Weather System (FWSYS) EcoConnect Application for all registered user devices and the Citrix environment during July/August 2020.
11/06/2020
| Operational
| National
Flooding is New Zealand’s number one hazard for frequency, losses, and declared civil emergencies. Our online training module Working Safely Around Water will help with responding to floods.
16/08/2017
| Operational,
Strategic relationships
| National
Fire and Emergency New Zealand signed a charter with the NZ Forest Owners Association (NZFOA) and NZ Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA) on Tuesday 15 August, ensuring clarity throughout the integration period as Fire and Emergency moves to become a fully unified, national organisation.