29/03/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
The project to remove the unapproved Class B foams has reached the stage of auditing urban appliances and stations to confirm that all ‘non-approved’ foams have been removed from service, labelled accordingly and removed to temporary storage.
27/03/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
When working at heights, a working at heights kit must be used.
16/03/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
ActionEnsure you only use approved Class B foam at incidents, and don’t use any Class B for training purposes. SummaryRecent media has extensively covered Class B foams containing PFOS and PFOA in NZ, and associated ground contamination.
14/03/2018
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
This instruction is a notice for all Operational personnel to complete the mandatory Command and Control training.
12/03/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Instructions to send your Water Safety Helmets for testing by the manufacturer.
12/03/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
This notice details guidance for management of obese patients and requests from ambulance services for assistance to lift obese patients.
09/03/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Water Safety Kits are not to be used until the helmets have been checked by Pacific Helmets.