Urban and rural brigades come together in the Maniototo Basin
The Ranfurly urban volunteer fire brigade has amalgamated with the Maniototo component of the Blackstone rural brigade, bringing 52 volunteer firefighters into one team.
The Ranfurly urban volunteer fire brigade has amalgamated with the Maniototo component of the Blackstone rural brigade, bringing 52 volunteer firefighters into one team.
The Request for Proposal, (RFP), for suppliers to design a fit for purpose solution for our next generation Type 3 appliance closed last month and the project team is impressed with the responses.
Many of our people were hard at work over the busy festive season keeping communities safe. Between 14 December and 11 January, our crews attended 7,152 incidents across New Zealand, which is around 120 fewer than the same period last year.
Haumoana Volunteer Fire Brigade has been delivered two brand new trucks – a fire appliance and a tanker.
Fire and Emergency only buys Dry Powder and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) extinguishers.
Right off the back of a Fire and Emergency Simex, Area Manager Ken Cooper arrived home only to get right back into emergency-mode a week later, responding to the Hawke’s Bay flooding.
Twelve firefighters from around the country tested the next generation Level 2s at Rotorua at the end of November.
The Risk Reduction team is now consulting on new proposed fire plans in three trial areas – Northland, Hawke’s Bay and Otago. The development and consultation of these plans are a requirement of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (the Act).
43 new technicians, medics and logisticians have joined Fire and Emergency’s Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team.
Recent floods in Napier were a reminder of how our climate is changing and the likelihood of these events becoming more frequent.