Notices

007/2024: New Zealand Flag to fly at half-mast Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 8am – 5pm

08/02/2024 | Audience: All Personnel | Status: Operational Instruction | National

New Zealand Flag to fly at half-mast Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 8am – 5pm.

D10-004/2024: Fred Abbott - 50 Year Medal Presentation

08/02/2024 | Audience: All Personnel | Status: For Information | Te Hiku (previously Region 1) | Waitemata

50 Year Medal Presentation for Fredd Abbott - 8 March 2024, at 14:00, at Takapuna Fire Station.

D20-003/2024: Volunteer Leaders Meeting dates 2024

01/02/2024 | Audience: Volunteer personnel only | Status: For Information | Te Hiku (previously Region 1) | Counties-Manukau

Volunteer Leaders Meeting dates 2024

006/2024: Notice of requirement to undertake physical competency assessment (PCA)

01/02/2024 | Audience: Personnel required to undertake a PCA | Status: Directive | National

The PCA is the Physical Competency Assessment as referred to in the NZPFU and FECA collectives. This cycle of PCA remains unchanged and its testing is specific to the training and operational practise of urban built environment career operational staff. Three months’ notice is hereby given that all career staff who hold the following ranks, and who attend emergency incidents in an operational response or command capacity*, are required to successfully complete the PCA during 2024.

005/2024: New Zealand Flag to fly at half-mast Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 8am – 5pm

28/01/2024 | Audience: All Personnel | Status: Operational Instruction | National

New Zealand Flag to fly at half-mast.

004/2024: Automated External Defibrillator (AED) – replacement batteries

26/01/2024 | Audience: Operational personnel only | Status: Operational Instruction | National

Automated External Defibrillator (AED) – replacement batteries.

003/2024: SMS update for battery fire incident reporting

25/01/2024 | Audience: Operational personnel only | Status: Operational Instruction | National

Crews can select ‘battery’ as a cause type, choose from various causes of battery fire, such as overheating or physical damage, and select a specific heat source, such as mobile phone, electric vehicle or vape/smoking device. If these are unknown or the specific option doesn’t exist in the pre-determined menu, crews will be able to manually add this information into the ‘comments’ tab of the SMS incident report.