Smokey says press the button this daylight saving
This daylight saving we’re introducing Smokey the smoke alarm to New Zealand households, with the aim of motivating people to push the button to check their smoke alarms are working.
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Virtual signings solidify key forestry relationships
The signings of two key agreements went ahead virtually on Wednesday 8 August, one between Fire and Emergency and the Department of Conservation (DOC), and the other with Plantation Forestry associations, and Te Uru Rakau.
Fire plans now published spanning the whole country
Over the past five months, all our local teams have been working hard to develop fire plans for the whole country over the past.
Watch behind the scenes - live house fire burn
Watch exactly what went into our recent live on-air controlled house burn with TVNZ's Seven Sharp.
Don’t miss it: Staged house fire hits TV screens
Tune into Seven Sharp on TVNZ 1 at 7pm on Wednesday 23 June to see our people create some serious heat with a controlled live on-air house fire burn in Palmerston North.
Consultation on fire plans now closed
We’re rolling out new fire plans across the country, and as part of this, we recently held a formal six-week consultation, which closed on 9 June.
New campaign to keep households toasty, but not toast this winter
We’ve launched an innovative new winter fire safety campaign that encourages people to keep warm safely with the tagline – this winter, be toasty, but not toast!
Risk reduction team consulting on new proposed fire plans
We are rolling out new fire plans across New Zealand, and are currently consulting on fire plans in 16 local areas. The development and consultation of these plans are a requirement of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (the Act).
Kitchen safety resources break language barriers
We've developed translated kitchen and fire safety resources for communities. The videos on kitchen fire safety are fronted by our people, sharing messages with their respective communities.
New unattended cooking campaign, commentated by Grant Nesbitt shows a race to the flames
Hear Grant Nesbitt narrate our latest unattended cooking campaign, titled, 'distraction stakes race to the flames'.