Big week for our USAR team
Next week is a big week for our Urban Search and Rescue team as they are tested for their reclassification as an international deployable team.
Next week is a big week for our Urban Search and Rescue team as they are tested for their reclassification as an international deployable team.
Earlier this month teams from across the Region came together at Te Hiku Region HQ for a three-day SIMEX.
Every year we process around 20,000 applications for training with the vast majority of these using our online training application form. We've recently made improvements to how it works.
Crew members from Auckland recently got a close look at Watercare’s Central Interceptor tunnel in Auckland.
Fire and Emergency is starting a process of rolling out training and equipment that will give our firefighters a wider range of disaster response skills.
New Zealand ShakeOut is taking place on Thursday 19 October 2023 at 9:30am.
Following a three-day Urban Search and Rescue exercise earlier this month in Ardmore in Auckland, more than 18 tonnes of search and rescue equipment is being cleaned and repaired.
An urban search and rescue (USAR) training exercise held earlier in September saw CAT2* logistics, medic and technician recruits working round the clock for three days in a post-earthquake scenario.
Our Southern Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team recently trained in Porters Pass for their Winter skills sessions.
Today NZQA will publish an External Evaluation and Review (EER) into Fire and Emergency’s approval and accreditation of its NZQA accredited training programmes and unit standards.