25/08/2020
| In Memoriam
| National
The Hutt-Wairarapa Fire Area advise of the passing of past Gold Star member Mike Houghton, aged 71 years, on Monday 24 August 2020. Mike served in the Wellington and Hutt Fire Brigades between 1968 and 2006. No funeral details have been confirmed at this time.
21/08/2020
| Operational
| National
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.
20/08/2020
| Emergency management
| National
Recent floods in Northland which kept our firefighters very busy highlight the importance of our people being trained to work safely around water.
20/08/2020
| Operational,
Organisational change
| National
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.
19/08/2020
| In Memoriam
| National
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.
18/08/2020
| Operational,
ICT/Technology
| National
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.
18/08/2020
| Operational,
Safety, Health & Wellbeing
| National
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.
28/07/2020
| ICT/Technology
| National
Over the next two weekends, the ICT team will be replacing docking stations and monitors at NHQ.
27/07/2020
| Safety, Health & Wellbeing
| National
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.
24/07/2020
| National
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.