22/08/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| National
This notice outlines the consultation process that is currently underway relating to the following legislative changes:• The review and replacement of the Fire Safety and Evacuation of Buildings Regulations 2006• The development of new regulations relating to offences and penalties under the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017, which will form part of an overall compliance and enforcement strategy that will be developed by Fire and Emergency New Zealand
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.
21/07/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
Action Read and action
SummaryThis notice outlines the use of powers to restrict or prohibit entry to any land or building that is the site of an emergency. Specialist Fire Investigators and Rural Level 2 and Level 3 Fire Investigators have the powers of an inspector.
20/07/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| National
Action Read
SummaryAll operational personnel must read the two guidelines for clarification on how we respond to hazardous substance emergencies after 1 July 2017.
10/07/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
Operational Support personnel make an extremely valuable contribution to Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s response to fire and other emergencies.
07/07/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: For Information
| National
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.
07/07/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
All operational personnel must read and follow this policy when responding to fires and designated emergencies across boundaries.
21/06/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| National
This procedure describes the actions required during periods of high call volumes.
09/06/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: For Information
| National
The facial hair provisions relating to the use of respiratory protection equipment have been reviewed and updated.
07/06/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| National
There is international discussion regarding foam equipment and the use of foam for firefighting. National Operations have been assessing international standards and best practice on the use of foam as a firefighting medium. This work will continue particularly with firefighting foam concentrates that are known to contain products of persistence including PFOS, PFAS and PFOA. Until further notice the purchase of (or accepting) any foam solution or foam equipment will stop as from the date of this notice.