01/02/2024
| Audience: Personnel required to undertake a PCA
| Status: Directive
| National
The PCA is the Physical Competency Assessment as referred to in the NZPFU and FECA collectives. This cycle of PCA remains unchanged and its testing is specific to the training and operational practise of urban built environment career operational staff. Three months’ notice is hereby given that all career staff who hold the following ranks, and who attend emergency incidents in an operational response or command capacity*, are required to successfully complete the PCA during 2024.
28/01/2024
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
New Zealand Flag to fly at half-mast.
26/01/2024
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) – replacement batteries.
25/01/2024
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
Crews can select ‘battery’ as a cause type, choose from various causes of battery fire, such as overheating or physical damage, and select a specific heat source, such as mobile phone, electric vehicle or vape/smoking device. If these are unknown or the specific option doesn’t exist in the pre-determined menu, crews will be able to manually add this information into the ‘comments’ tab of the SMS incident report.
25/01/2024
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: For Information
| National
Structure PPE
16/01/2024
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
Automated External Defibrillator checks – battery and pads/electrodes.
22/12/2023
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Correct PPE for wildfire response
20/12/2023
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Landslide awareness module.
19/12/2023
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
Mask-wearing during medical response
15/12/2023
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
Protective hoods update