009/2019: Cleaning Breathing Apparatus (BA) masks and BA sets
A reminder for operational personnel to follow the correct procedure when cleaning BA masks and BA sets.
A reminder for operational personnel to follow the correct procedure when cleaning BA masks and BA sets.
All operational personnel to read and discuss the new RD2 Operational planning documents to make sure everyone understands the new guidance for the Area Local Operational Procedure (LOP).
Read the Emergency Mobile Alerting (EMA) policy, procedure and guidelines so you are familiar with the process for requesting, authorising or transmitting an alert.
Read this National Safety Notice so you will know how to keep yourself, your team, and your community safe when working around floodwaters.
If you come across hazardous substances at an incident and you need advice, we have an updated process that you need to follow to request advice.
If you have helped out with the Pigeon Valley fire as a volunteer for Fire and Emergency, you can apply to be reimbursed for costs such as loss of wages/leave, dependent care, or replacement staff.
Safety notice on how tyres on trucks, cranes and other heavy vehicles may catch fire under a range of circumstances, with the obvious potential for them to then explode.
Fire and Emergency personnel are invited to submit their application to join the New Zealand Fly-In Team (NZ-FIT) for Civil Defence declarations.
This National Notice is an update on the National Safety Notice 042/2018.
This notice has been amended on 29 January 2019. This is the updated version. If you have printed out the earlier notice, please replace with this copy.All operational personnel are advised to follow this information for fitting and wearing a P2 respiratory mask if responding to vegetation fires, if not already wearing an APR. This notice is in place until further notice.