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.
On 25 August, Fire and Emergency responded to a vegetation fire started by the hot exhaust of a car that drove through long grass in a paddock adjoining Taiharuru Road, Whangarei. Initially a response of two pumps and a water tanker from three stations, Whangarei Heads, Onerahi and Hikurangi were dispatched.
Te Wiki o te reo Māori | Māori Language Week is launching next Monday (13th) and we have online "Kawhe me te Kōrero" - Coffee and Chats, you can sign up to and learn more about the Māori language.
To ensure brigades have everything they need to help with their volunteer attraction, we have a comprehensive range of useful information and resources to assist with recruitment of new volunteers in the toolkit on the Portal.
An online memorial service will be livestreamed at 10am, on Saturday 11 September to remember the firefighters lost trying to save others, and the 65 firefighters in NZ who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade advise of the passing of ex SFF Ray Hickman
The New Zealand Firefighters Welfare Society has been helping firefighters and their families for over 33 years. Making sure that we continue to provide the best possible support and value to our current and future members is at the heart of our new strategy, but we need your help, input and ideas.
SFF Logan Martin and his crew at Henderson Fire Station hosted singer/ventriloquist Emily Cuff and her puppet friend Violet for a segment called “Emily and Violet” on TVNZ children's programme What Now.
Silverdale and Manly Volunteer Fire Brigades advise of the passing of ex Fourth Officer Leslie David John (Les) Flannery.
