Injury and rehabilitation support

Published: 01/08/2023 | Safety, Health & Wellbeing | National

Employees

Any Fire and Emergency New Zealand employee who is injured at work can access rehabilitation support through the Injury Management Unit. Fire and Emergency has been an ACC accredited employer for the last 22 years and is committed to providing effective and best practice rehabilitation support.

If you are injured at work and need treatment, show your gold card to your GP or Physio and a claim will be lodged directly with IMU. Someone from the unit will contact you to discuss what support you might need to help you recover, including a return-to-work plan.

Please contact the IMU on 0800 347 306 or contact your manager if you have any questions or concerns about a workplace injury or the rehabilitation process. There’s also more information on the Safety Health and Wellbeing page on the Portal.

Volunteers

Volunteers who are injured while working for Fire and Emergency continue to receive support directly from ACC through the UFBA administered ‘Accident Assurance Scheme'.

There is more information on the Portal or directly through the UFBA website(external link).

And don’t forget, if you have an accident/injury or near miss you need to report it in Safe@Work(external link).