23/12/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
National Operations and National Risk Reduction teams have been advised some brigade fire service inlet (FSI) couplings, risers and sprinklers inlets may contain thin walled couplings. This may place firefighters at risk of danger when in operational use.
12/12/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Due to a failure of a hose tower winch which caused serious injuries to a firefighter, hose tower winches are not to be used until they have been inspected and deemed safe.
14/11/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Due to a failure of a hose tower winch which caused serious injuries to a firefighter, hose tower winches are not to be used until the resulting investigations are complete, and the corrective actions are implemented.
03/10/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
A decision has been made to check all rural fire supplied overalls and command vests, following previous National Notices.
08/09/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
We’ve been informed that our Level 1 PPE doesn’t fully meet the Wildfire Firefighting standard. Until we rectify this, take the following safety steps when you wear Level 1 garments at vegetation fires.
08/09/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Special guidance for personnel working on roadways
22/08/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Fire and Emergency New Zealand personnel are very well respected in our communities and enjoy a very high level of trust and welcome. This trust allows us to regularly visit homes and workplaces to do things such as Home Fire Safety and FireSmart Visits (HFSV), issuing fire permits, checking and installing smoke alarms, and providing general fire safety advice.
04/04/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Action
Volunteer Support Officers, hose and waterway maintenance personnel, and career operational officers to identify all thin-walled couplings and immediately remove from service in accordance with the priority outlined. Area Managers to ensure all thin-walled couplings are identified, removed from service, and disabled so they cannot be used again.
03/04/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Firequip hosereel tubing is NOT to be used for internal firefighting until further notice.