R1-003/2020: Area 4 Auckland City Area 2 Whangarei-Kaipara Area 3 Waitemata Area 5 Counties-Manukau - Contaminated PPE Garments
Contaminated PPE Garments
Contaminated PPE Garments
As the result of a Level 2 investigation into a fire appliance getting stuck off the hard standing and the resultant attempts at towing the vehicle back onto the hard surface several corrective actions were found that required this notice.
Update The National IGC Radio Replacement Project has now completed deployment of the 125 new Motorola APX8000 dual band radios which was approved for the 16 brigades in Northland Rural.
Last year due to an identified workplace hazard all waterway equipment was inspected to ensure that those remaining in use did not have thin wall couplings (TWC). Those couplings found to be thin walled were collected and destroyed.
Area 2 Whangarei Kaipara Update November 2017
Please see the below temporary Area Executive changes for Area 1 and 2, effective from today. Muri Whenua Area Commander, Wipari Henwood has been deployed to Canada as part of the New Zealand contingent to help with the bush fires in that part of the world.
Mt Tiger Road IncidentAs you will know, earlier this week one of our own, Firefighter Jeff Pipe from the Onerahi brigade was confronted with a truly frightening and tragic incident that saw two women that he worked alongside lose their lives.
End of an era and on to new beginnings. The New Zealand Fire Service Act 1975 and the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 are now etched in the history books with the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 now in force.
Area Notice R1-WHK-033_2017