21/06/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
To all Auckland staff
Yesterday the Auckland Local of the NZPFU issued an instruction to their members that any appliance fitted with J rated GiTi brand tyres should be returned to the workshops for these to be replaced.
18/06/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Directive
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 1 Muri Whenua,
Area 2 Whangarei-Kaipara
Next week from 17 to 23 June is National Volunteer Week. It is a time we can acknowledge the contribution our people make to our communities.
15/06/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
Next Week June 17- 23, is National Volunteer Week. National Volunteer Week celebrates the 1. 2 million Kiwis who volunteer in our communities every year. The theme for 2018 is Volunteers, The Heart of our Community.
14/06/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
Along with its salvage capability the Incident Support Vehicle (Balmoral 6117) has an array of ventilation fans that may be used at a wide range of incidents, for a variety of purposes, across the region. These may include but are not limited to:
Ventilation of large commercial structures.
14/06/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
Control of motorway on-ramp traffic signals
Traffic congestion on motorway on-ramps can cause a significant delay to appliances responding to incidents. Auckland’s Joint Transport Operations Centre(JTOC) utilise traffic signals to filter traffic onto the motorway system throughout the region. Control of those signals is managed in their operations centre.
13/06/2018
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata,
Area 4 Auckland City,
Area 5 Counties-Manukau
Along with its salvage capability the Incident Support Vehicle (Balmoral 6117) has an array of ventilation fans that may be used at a wide range of incidents, for a variety of purposes, across the region. These may include but are not limited to;
Ventilation of large commercial structures.
13/06/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 4 Auckland City
The 9th of April 1984 saw Andy Lockyear start in the Titirangi Volunteer Fire Brigade. Andy turned his service into a career, commencing a recruits course in April 1987. Over 34 years later, Andy leaves New Zealand Fire Service, now Fire and Emergency New Zealand, retiring on 27th June.
08/06/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 4 Auckland City
Yas Greenslade, looking after Personnel. Please forward timesheets, absence certificates etc to Yas via ACFA Personnel
Brigade Support
Peter Murphy has transferred to Region Equipment Support.
08/06/2018
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata,
Area 4 Auckland City,
Area 5 Counties-Manukau
This notice is to clarify the Hazmat/Decontamination Capability of
Auckland City 2018 and Otara 3318. The decontamination corridors are currently no longer carried on these appliances. Auckland City 2018 and Otara 3318 do carry equipment for deployment of functional decontamination showers to meet our operational needs.
08/06/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
With the arrival of New Recruits into the Area in July consideration is being given to filling the Area Reliever positions again.