Our Minister visits our National Coordination Centre
Our Minister, Hon Brooke van Velden, popped into the National Coordination Centre at NHQ this morning to get a view of what goes on in the Centre.
Our Minister, Hon Brooke van Velden, popped into the National Coordination Centre at NHQ this morning to get a view of what goes on in the Centre.
Heavy rain and wind warnings are in place for parts of the South Island, including Fiordland, Otago and Canterbury as a major weather system moves over the country.
On Tuesday we sent a contingent of firefighters to Australia to help fight the wildfires burning across Queensland.
There has been considerable progress in the Working Safely in Water project over recent months.
Two of our people recently spent two weeks in British Colombia, Canada ‘shadowing’ Type One Incident Commanders and Incident Management Teams (IMTs).
There is lots to read including a spread on our deployment to Canada, ground-breaking fire whirl research, how our drones came to the rescue during Cyclone Gabrielle, preparing to respond to incidents in the new City Rail Link tunnels, and celebrating Matariki.
Today the Public Safety Network (PSN) launches its first deliverable – a cellular roaming service for emergency services’ phones and devices allowing them to use both Spark and One NZ mobile networks.
Last week, Fire and Emergency’s third deployment of firefighters left Aotearoa bound for Canada.
After a long trip, the contingent from Fire and Emergency has arrived in Alberta and is hard at work helping to fight a high number of wildfires raging across the Western part of Canada.
We are continuing to closely monitor the weather warnings across the country to inform where we send specialist resources.