08/12/2020
| National
On 16 November 2020, Fire and Emergency New Zealand brigades took part in an airport exercise to upskill the Mid North’s emergency services and put New Zealand’s newest airport fire brigade to the test.
07/12/2020
| ICT/Technology
| National
Over the last few months, you may have seen communications advising you that Internet Explorer will no longer be a browser that is compatible with Zendesk.
04/12/2020
| In Memoriam
| National
Reefton Volunteer Fire Brigade advise of the passing of Brigade Support member and close friend Toni Bell on Wednesday, 2nd December 2020. The family will be conducting a private farewell for Toni and ask for privacy at this time.
04/12/2020
| In Memoriam
| National
Browns Volunteer Fire Brigade advises of the passing of Deputy Chief Fire Officer John Graham
04/12/2020
| Operational,
Emergency management,
Risk reduction,
Community engagement
| National
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).
03/12/2020
| Operational,
Training
| National
43 new technicians, medics and logisticians have joined Fire and Emergency’s Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team.
03/12/2020
| National
As we fast approach the end of the year, we wanted to provide a quick update on the volunteer end of year gift.
02/12/2020
| National
We’ve recently refreshed our Transparency Statement on the Fire and Emergency New Zealand website.
30/11/2020
| ICT/Technology
| National
ICT will be updating the current Edge browser with Edge Chromium. Edge Chromium provides improved compatibility with Learning Station and should be used to access Learning Station on Fire and Emergency computers once the updates below have occurred.
30/11/2020
| In Memoriam
| National
Otaki Volunteer Fire Brigade advises of the passing of retired SFF Colin Strickland on Friday 27 November.