Officer Career Board Close Out
Friday 11 May 2018, 24 of our people from across five regions attended the close out event of Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Officer Career Board.
News
Canteen animation goes live
Learning Development has developed an animation about what can go on in a canteen to generate discussion and make people think twice about their actions.
Innovated training
Read here to see the latest in how Training are looking at ways to engage with, educate and inform our teams within Fire and Emergency.
New Equipment Online User Guide
National Operations and Educational Services have designed an online user guide for new equipment to offer more support and information to operational personnel when new equipment is deployed into the field.
SMS incident reporting – meeting the needs of rural and urban users
Improvements to the Station Management System (SMS) to make it easier to complete incident reports and capture better data are being welcomed by users.
Training session results in real rescue
Quick action by Whangarei firefighters prepping for a routine rope rescue training exercise helped rescue a man suspected to have fallen down a 50 metre cliff.
Authority to respond further clarified
The way in which our operational personnel get their powers to respond to emergencies changed on 1 July.
Enhancing the Portal
We’ve listened to your feedback and introduced several enhancements to improve your experience with the Portal, which is now Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s main information channel.
More support for volunteers
In early July recruitment of an additional 11 Volunteer Support Officer (VSO) positions around the country started. It is anticipated they will be on board by the end of September.