18/09/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
This year the (ITM 500) V8 Super Cars will be held over 3 days at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on the 2nd to 4th November. The Pukekohe Volunteer Fire Brigade is once again supporting this event due to its size and International exposure.
18/09/2018
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: For Information
| National
The Communication Centres are preparing for a significant system upgrade. To prepare for that upgrade, testing of all Fire and Emergency New Zealand ComCen interfaces must be carried out ahead of time. All operational personnel must carry their allocated pagers for turnout.
12/09/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
Please note Fire Region Manager Kerry Gregory will be on leave from 17 September till 30 September 2018. Over this period Bryan Cartelle will cover both roles as acting Fire Region Manager and Region Manager Rural.
12/09/2018
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
Be advised that SF examinations will be held at 0900-1100hrs on Tues 2nd October at Waitemata Area HQ. This is a Red Watch first day shift.
11/09/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 1 Muri Whenua,
Area 2 Whangarei-Kaipara
As the result of a Level 2 investigation into a fire appliance getting stuck off the hard standing and the resultant attempts at towing the vehicle back onto the hard surface several corrective actions were found that required this notice.
11/09/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| National
The New Zealand Professional Firefighters’ Union has alleged that money is being diverted from frontline rescue firefighting equipment to fund the integration process. This statement is incorrect.
10/09/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 5 Counties-Manukau
Gold Stars
Two South Auckland Fire District staff are currently due for presentation of Gold Stars. The presentation of these honours will be on Friday 14th September 2018 at a function at Area HQ.
04/09/2018
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
Thursday 20th September 2018