03/07/2023
| Risk reduction,
Community engagement
| National
In 2020, the Department of Conservation, Lake Rotoiti Volunteer Fire Brigade and the local community came together to establish the Rotoiti FireSmart Working Group and were given permission to form a ‘Green Firebreak’ alongside an important access road.
16/06/2023
| Risk reduction
| National
Risk Reduction are leading the review of NZS PAS 4509:2008 Code of Practice Firefighting Water Supplies (CoPFFWS) and are asking for subject matter experts.
13/06/2023
| Risk reduction
| National
In May 2023, Fire and Emergency NZ filed a charge against an individual in Southland for knowingly lighting a fire in a prohibited season. This is the first prosecution for the organisation under the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017.
24/03/2023
| Risk reduction
| National
As we approach the end of daylight saving (2 April), we’re kicking off a two-phased campaign aimed at ensuring more New Zealand households are set up to get the earliest warning possible in the event of a house fire.
16/03/2023
| Operational,
Risk reduction
| National
The Wellington Community Risk Management team recently visited the Chatham Islands to support and assist Chatham Islands Volunteer Brigade in delivering community readiness-focused Home Fire Safety Visits..
07/03/2023
| Event,
Public campaign,
Risk reduction,
Community engagement
| National
O’Week season is in full swing across the motu and our teams have been popping up at universities in Auckland, Waikato, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago and Invercargill to engage one of our high-risk audience – young people living in rental accommodation – and encourage them to ‘stay off the stove’ if they’re drunk or high.
20/02/2023
| Public campaign,
Risk reduction
| National
This week, we’ve launched a new phase of our Escape Planning campaign aimed at ensuring more New Zealand households have a Mahere Rerenga Tāwhai-3 | 3-Step-Escape Plan.
10/02/2023
| ICT/Technology,
Risk reduction
| National
Our ICT teams are working on implementation of the replacement Āwhina-Evacuation Schemes application.
02/02/2023
| Operational,
Risk reduction,
Community engagement,
Strategic relationships
| National
FAIP is a free specialist intervention programme, delivered by trained firefighters, for taiohi (young people) who set fires.
19/01/2023
| Event,
Respect, inclusion and culture,
Risk reduction,
Community engagement
| National
Lunar New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar and solar calendar.