R1-046/2017: Area 5 Counties-Manukau - Fire Risk Management Officer
Expressions of interest are invited from Existing Career Staff for a secondment position within the Counties Manukau Fire Area for the following position.
Expressions of interest are invited from Existing Career Staff for a secondment position within the Counties Manukau Fire Area for the following position.
Mt Tiger Road IncidentAs you will know, earlier this week one of our own, Firefighter Jeff Pipe from the Onerahi brigade was confronted with a truly frightening and tragic incident that saw two women that he worked alongside lose their lives.
As a part of a corrective action from an investigation into a near miss at the Flooding in New Lynn, Staff are reminded of National Notice #013-2016
Key principles are:
Always apply the Safe Person Concept
Carry out a full risk assessment
Maintain situational awareness
Be aware of hazards
Do not enter swift water
If working in…
All personnel are to be made aware of this notice.
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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.
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SummaryAll operational personnel must read the two guidelines for clarification on how we respond to hazardous substance emergencies after 1 July 2017.
Expressions of interest are invited from Existing Career Staff for a secondment position within the Waitemata Fire Area for the following position.
End of an era and on to new beginnings. The New Zealand Fire Service Act 1975 and the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 are now etched in the history books with the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 now in force.
Calling for a Fire Investigator to assist in determining an Area of Origin and probable cause within private homes or Marae.
Operational Support personnel make an extremely valuable contribution to Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s response to fire and other emergencies.