20/07/2017
| National
The new Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 (Sections 31 – 35) enables the Board to prescribe physical and psychological health standards to ensure operational personnel are able to undertake duties that may be required of them without undue risk to their safety, health and wellbeing.
18/07/2017
| Achievements
| National
(L-R: Fire and Emergency CE Rhys Jones, DOC Director-General Lou Sanson)
Fire and Emergency NZ Chief Executive Rhys Jones and Department of Conservation (DOC) Director-General Lou Sanson signed an Operational Service Agreement (OSA) today, outlining the two organisations’ joint-agreement to firefighting on public conservation land.
14/07/2017
| National
This item has been updated wiht the current National Managers details: May 2022
Every two years Fire and Emergency NZ conducts a survey to ascertain our people’s awareness of the Fraud Policy and what to do to prevent or detect fraud.
07/07/2017
| National
It has been brought to our attention that many personnel are concerned about the performance of the Fire Angel smoke alarms provided through On Line ordering (OLO). We take this issue very seriously and therefore provide the following advice.
03/07/2017
| Achievements
| National
Today Fire and Emergency New Zealand, and unions and associations representing firefighters, committed to working together on safety, health and wellbeing matters.
02/07/2017
| Achievements
| National
Yesterday was the first day of Fire and Emergency NZ, and there's been celebrations all around the country to mark the occasion.
30/06/2017
| Community engagement
| National
Information regarding Hearing Assistive Technology.
06/06/2017
| Achievements,
Honours & Awards
| National
Congratulations to the six firefighters who were named as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours list yesterday.
01/06/2017
| Organisational change
| National
The Phase 2 Blueprint is the high level plan covering the second stage of establishing Fire and Emergency New Zealand. This is the integration phase and starts on 1 July 2017 and ends three years later in June 2020.
25/05/2017
| National
Congratulations to the five firefighters who were this week presented with Queen Service Medals in Wellington as part of the New Year Royal Honours awards.