15/02/2024
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
At a 5th alarm fire in Auckland last week, three lengths of 90mm hose from the Hose Layer, being used in a water relay, each had a coupling detach. Two such issues occurred approximately 24 hours into the incident.
14/02/2024
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Te Hiku Region (Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and Te Tai Tokerau Northland) moves to a restricted fire season from 0700 Wednesday 14 February, until further notice.
08/02/2024
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
New Zealand Flag to fly at half-mast Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 8am – 5pm.
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.
01/02/2024
| Audience: Volunteer personnel only
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Counties-Manukau
Volunteer Leaders Meeting dates 2024
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.
28/01/2024
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
New Zealand Flag to fly at half-mast.
26/01/2024
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) – replacement batteries.
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.
25/01/2024
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: For Information
| National
Structure PPE