19/11/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata,
Area 4 Auckland City,
Area 5 Counties-Manukau
The Sirens and Sounds, Annual Community Festival is being held at the Eastdale Reserve, Avondale on Saturday 23 November 2019 (10 am to 4pm).
30/10/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
OICs are reminded about the need for proper reporting of unwanted alarms.
29/10/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata,
Area 4 Auckland City,
Area 5 Counties-Manukau
Due to the significant nature and extended duration of the ICC Incident a two stage debrief process is being implemented.
18/10/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata,
Area 4 Auckland City,
Area 5 Counties-Manukau
Expressions of interest are invited for the following secondment position within the Waitemata Fire Area.
02/10/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
Station Officer Bryan Marsden has tendered his resignation after 47 years of service.
18/09/2019
| Audience: Career firefighters only
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata,
Area 4 Auckland City,
Area 5 Counties-Manukau
The following vacancies exist for existing Officers and Firefighters wishing to transfer across area’s 3, 4, and 5.
06/09/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata,
Area 4 Auckland City,
Area 5 Counties-Manukau
Transdev Auckland operations group have advised Fire and Emergency that they are about to roll out a modification to the external emergency door release (Egress) handle on their fleet of electric trains.
26/08/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
A Volunteer Firefighter from the Te Atatu Fire Station was unknowingly exposed to the measles virus at the beginning of August. Fortunately their interaction with other members of Fire and Emergency was limited for a period of ten days or more from the original exposure.
06/08/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata,
Area 4 Auckland City,
Area 5 Counties-Manukau
Region 1 are seeking expressions of interest from staff in Areas 3, 4, 5 to join the National Recruitment Team. (NRT) Based in Auckland.
30/07/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
The decision has been made to withdraw the fire safety message balloons that are currently available through online ordering. An unintended consequence of handing out these balloons to the public was that a number of them were discarded incorrectly and ended up polluting the marine environment.