Our Minister visits our National Coordination Centre
Our Minister, Hon Brooke van Velden, popped into the National Coordination Centre at NHQ this morning to get a view of what goes on in the Centre.
Our Minister, Hon Brooke van Velden, popped into the National Coordination Centre at NHQ this morning to get a view of what goes on in the Centre.
The new Auckland Rail Operations Centre (AROC) opened in March this year in Ellerslie and Fire and Emergency people were given a tour.
A recent Timber Unlimited Advanced Workshop was a good opportunity for two of our people to highlight fire-related issues with mass timber buildings to the sector.
Heavy rain and wind warnings are in place for parts of the South Island, including Fiordland, Otago and Canterbury as a major weather system moves over the country.
We’ve recently had an incident where someone was seriously injured while operating a chainsaw. Reporting near misses and injuries is important to identify trends and increase awareness of hazards.
A Fire and Emergency Type 1 Iveco appliance won an award at the Wellington Truck and Transport Show in February.
Work on our new five Aerial appliances is progressing well.
Members of our USAR team recently had a chance to check out some new equipment used for recovering disabled aircraft.
The 150th anniversary of firefighting in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is being celebrated at a public open day, Sunday 17 March, at The Cloud on Queens Wharf, Auckland between 10am and 3pm.
Following the deaths of Dave van Zwanenberg and Craig Stevens last February, WorkSafe investigated this tragedy under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.