08/09/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
We’ve been informed that our Level 1 PPE doesn’t fully meet the Wildfire Firefighting standard. Until we rectify this, take the following safety steps when you wear Level 1 garments at vegetation fires.
08/09/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Special guidance for personnel working on roadways
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.
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.
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.
19/05/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: For Information
| National
This Notice confirms the details for payment of the 2017 Physical Competency Assessment (PCA) payment for eligible staff. Payment is planned for 21 June 2017 for fortnightly paid staff and 20 June 2017 for monthly paid staff.
04/04/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
Action
Volunteer Support Officers, hose and waterway maintenance personnel, and career operational officers to identify all thin-walled couplings and immediately remove from service in accordance with the priority outlined. Area Managers to ensure all thin-walled couplings are identified, removed from service, and disabled so they cannot be used again.
10/03/2017
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: For Information
| Ngā Tai ki te Puku (previously Region 2)
ActionAll Fire Service operational personnel should be familiar with the contents of this notice and the instructions it contains. SummaryAdvisory notice for personnel considering running a live fire training event.