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.
22/11/2023
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Directive
| National
Removal of Dura-Lite Snap-Tite 70 mm hose.
02/08/2023
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Directive
| National
Lithium-ion battery fire incidents are on the rise in Aotearoa and around the world, with international lithium-ion-related fire fatalities reported almost daily. We are taking a comprehensive approach to managing the risks associated with lithium-ion batteries, combining response, prevention, and education to help ensure the safety of the public, our firefighters, and the environment.
22/05/2023
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Directive
| National
Bag Mask Resuscitators (BMRs) with Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP)
19/05/2023
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Directive
| National
Our inflatable escape mazes do not meet the current standard for land-bourne inflatable devices (AS 3533.4.1: 2018) due to the flammability of the materials the mazes are made of.
11/05/2023
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Directive
| National
The Kotahitanga Community Engagement Framework has been created to help guide the engagement work we do in our communities. Use the Kotahitanga Community Engagement Framework in planning all future community engagements.
03/05/2023
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Directive
| National
The possible impacts from a complex weather system may cause wide spread flooding across the North Island and parts of the South Island.
02/05/2023
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Directive
| National
Day of national commemoration – New Zealand Flag to be flown at full mast on Government buildings: The Coronation of His Majesty King Charles.
02/03/2023
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Directive
| National
Post flood vehicle remediation for vehicles used in Cyclone Gabrielle response.
24/02/2023
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Directive
| National
Advice on how to work safely around dust from floodwater silt, mud, and soil.
