Rollout of new protective hoods
This August, Fire and Emergency and TotalCare will begin the rollout of 5000 new protective hoods. These hoods will help protect our firefighters from carcinogen exposure at structural fires.
News
Training for working safely around water essential in flood season
Recent floods in Northland which kept our firefighters very busy highlight the importance of our people being trained to work safely around water.
First Unified Uniform items coming soon
The first garments of the Unified Uniform are rolling out late this year. This is the first step of unifying us as one organisation through our uniform.
Donald Clode
Invercargill Fire Brigade advise the passing of Don on Friday 14th August 2020, aged 90 years
Don (Mr Clode) was a well-respected member of the Invercargill Fire Brigade from 1951-1990.
Current version of Ecoconnect will no longer be available from 28 August
We are nearing the completion of the deployment of the new Fire Weather System (FWSYS) Ecoconnect Application version 3 and want to remind you that the old version will no longer be available from 28 August.
The Wolf Was Not Sleeping now available for personnel
The Wolf Was Not Sleeping is a bedtime story developed by New Zealand Firefighters Welfare Society for young children whose parents are first responders working within stressful environments.
ICT computer docking station and monitor replacements
Over the next two weekends, the ICT team will be replacing docking stations and monitors at NHQ.
ACC has retired the Habit at Work tool
From Friday 10 July 2020, the Habit at Work tool will no longer be available as ACC has made the difficult decision to retire it.
Survey on your thoughts on our COVID-19 response still open
The survey for feedback on your observations and experiences during our response to the COVID-19 pandemic is still running so please take a moment to fill it in.
Message from our Chair: Congratulations to those presented with their New Year Honours
Please join me in congratulating Paul McGill who was formally recognised today as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.