027/2020: Medical Response - Update to CPR
St John has updated their approach to CPR during the COVID-19 pandemic for their personnel only, but Fire and Emergency personnel should continue to undertake CPR without airway management
St John has updated their approach to CPR during the COVID-19 pandemic for their personnel only, but Fire and Emergency personnel should continue to undertake CPR without airway management
ActionPlease ensure that all personnel are aware of changes to the Fire and Emergency Service Delivery Preventative Protection Protocols for Alert Level 3. Situation
During the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown period, Service Delivery Preventative Protection Protocols (the Protocols) were developed to help keep Fire and Emergency personnel safe.
Please ensure all personnel are aware that Fire and Emergency medical response PPE isolation gowns meet World Health Organisation guidelines.
ActionNote that training for High Performance CPR will be rolled out over the coming months. SituationFire and Emergency, along with our colleagues from St John and Wellington Free Ambulance, will be adopting a new High Performance CPR model to help to improve survival rates in cardiac arrest patients.
This notice confirms the details for payment of the 2019 Physical Competency Assessment (PCA) payment for eligible staff.
This National Notice contains information for rostered Firefighters and Communications Centre employees.
The Communication Centres are preparing for a significant system upgrade. To prepare for that upgrade, testing of all Fire and Emergency New Zealand ComCen interfaces must be carried out ahead of time. All operational personnel must carry their allocated pagers for turnout.
For 1 July 2017, all operational personnel (officers and qualified firefighters) were authorised under the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 to exercise powers to respond to all emergency types.
The facial hair provisions relating to the use of respiratory protection equipment have been reviewed and updated.
This Notice confirms the details for payment of the 2017 Physical Competency Assessment (PCA) payment for eligible staff. Payment is planned for 21 June 2017 for fortnightly paid staff and 20 June 2017 for monthly paid staff.