14/12/2021
| Safety, Health & Wellbeing,
Event
| National
To the relief of upper lips across the country, Movember has finally come to a close. Stubble has been smoothed, walking shoes given a break and, most importantly, Fire and Emergency has smashed its Movember fundraising goal of $40,000.
13/12/2021
| In Memoriam
| National
Greymouth Volunteer Fire Brigade advises of the passing of Greymouth Volunteer Fire Brigade Former Member and Gold Star Member Trevor George Hilton on 13 December 2021.
13/12/2021
| In Memoriam
| National
Hastings Brigade advise the passing of Tomoana Freezing Works Fire Brigade - ex Chief Fire Officer Sydney Taylor (Syd).
Syd served as the CFO at Tomoana Freezing Works Fire Brigade with 41years service.
13/12/2021
| In Memoriam
| National
Wellington Fire Brigade advise the passing of ex Station Officer Graham Hackworthy (Hack) Saturday the 11th of December 2021. Graham served as a Career Firefighter for many years in Wellington Fire Brigade particularly at Thorndon and Kilbirnie stations. Graham was a Gold Star Member of the brigade.
13/12/2021
| In Memoriam
| National
Wellington Operational Support Unit advises of the passing of Life Honorary Member Salvin “John” Wilson. John served the unit from 25 March 1968 until retiring as a Station Officer on 1 December 2003. He was an active Life Honorary Member.
10/12/2021
| National
Abstracts are invited for the 2022 Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) conference.
10/12/2021
| National
Fire and Emergency is pleased to announce that our new Dispute Resolution Scheme is now live, replacing the Interim Dispute Resolution Process.
10/12/2021
| Achievements,
Strategic publication
| National
Fire and Emergency’s 2020/21 Annual Report highlights the organisation is in a healthy financial position.
07/12/2021
| Achievements,
Honours & Awards,
Volunteer
| National
Today, five of our Queen’s Birthday Honours recipients were presented with their Queen’s Service Medals (QSMs) at Government House.
06/12/2021
| In Memoriam
| National
Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade advises of the passing of ex-firefighter Ernie Brown on 4 December. Ernie started with Cambridge Fire Brigade on 9 December 2000 and transferred to Rangiora Brigade on 25 April 2007.