01/10/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Ngā Tai ki te Puku (previously Region 2)
| Area 9 Central Lakes
Fire and Emergency legislation (2017) mandated many functions of which fire Services have not traditionally beeninvolved in, as well as providing legislation for new functions, much of which has yet to be developed.
10/01/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Ngā Tai ki te Puku (previously Region 2)
| Area 9 Central Lakes
Officers in Charge and Brigade Event Organisers are to ensure correct etiquette and due respect is shown when inviting Kaumātua and Iwi leaders to brigade events.
20/12/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Ngā Tai ki te Puku (previously Region 2)
| Area 9 Central Lakes
Recently Central Lakes Area received a formal complaint from the New Zealand Police in relation to a photograph of an incident where the Police were the lead agency and the photograph making it into the community.
05/12/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Ngā Tai ki te Puku (previously Region 2)
| Area 9 Central Lakes
Earlier this year many of our crews responded to what is referred to as the “Ngongotaha Flood”. Crews assisted in the evacuation of residents in the area to a place of safety.
11/06/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Ngā Tai ki te Puku (previously Region 2)
| Area 9 Central Lakes
For several years now, Graeme Hoole of the Putaruru Volunteer Fire Brigade has represented the volunteers of Central Lakes as their representative on the Area Safety and Wellbeing Committee. He has then also represented all volunteers as the UFBA representative on the Region 2 committee.
12/03/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Ngā Tai ki te Puku (previously Region 2)
| Area 9 Central Lakes
Details of proposal to divide up Central Lakes into three sectors designed to enhance the focus and service to both our volunteer and career staff.Click on the two links below for more information.
07/03/2018
| Audience: Volunteer personnel only
| Status: For Information
| Ngā Tai ki te Puku (previously Region 2)
| Area 9 Central Lakes
Background
To ensure there is a clear process and area support for appointment of officer ranks across all volunteer brigades. Instruction
All volunteer officer appointments (SO, SSO, DCFO, CFO) must be approved by the Area Commander Jeff Maunder.
07/02/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Ngā Tai ki te Puku (previously Region 2)
| Area 9 Central Lakes
Working Safely Around Water Equipment Maintenance
07/02/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Ngā Tai ki te Puku (previously Region 2)
| Area 9 Central Lakes
In 2016 Fire and Emergency New Zealand commence a national project in relation to “Working Safely Around Water” which has seen a national rollout of equipment to identified Stations. The rollout of equipment should be concluded by 31st March 2018.