10/09/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
This is a call for expressions of interest from all Te Hiku personnel who would like to be considered to become an FAIP practitioner within the Region.
06/09/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata,
Area 4 Auckland City,
Area 5 Counties-Manukau
Transdev Auckland operations group have advised Fire and Emergency that they are about to roll out a modification to the external emergency door release (Egress) handle on their fleet of electric trains.
03/09/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 4 Auckland City
It is disappointing to see that the City hose repair department are increasingly receiving hose that is not clean enough to enable them to repair, or even touch in some cases for fear of personal contamination.
30/07/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
The decision has been made to withdraw the fire safety message balloons that are currently available through online ordering. An unintended consequence of handing out these balloons to the public was that a number of them were discarded incorrectly and ended up polluting the marine environment.
12/07/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata,
Area 4 Auckland City,
Area 5 Counties-Manukau
RESPONSIBILITIES OF STAFF WITH PERSONAL ISSUE MASKS
Career:
Career personnel are to remove the standard issue mask (keeping it contained within mask bag) and ensure it is easily accessible on the appliance in a dry, known location for other personnel to use should it be needed.
21/06/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
On 9 July, 2019 it will be 25 years since Firefighter Jim Hughes was tragically killed on duty whilst attending an incident on the Northern Motorway. A remembrance ceremony will be held at the Birkenhead Fire Station at 0930 hours on Tuesday 9 July, 2019.
18/06/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: Directive
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
The responsibilities as outlined in the Waitemata Fire Area Total Station workload management document have not changed for several years. This notice is to advise that they will change from 1 July 2019 .
28/05/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 4 Auckland City
All meetings will commence at 1000hrs at the cluster SSO station.
Officers to program meetings into SMS. SSO’s please coordinate appliance movements for these meetings. Agenda to follow.
21/05/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
High Performance CPR. What is it and how does it affect us
High Performance CPR is a revised way of performing resuscitation. It provides a standardised approach to roles, choreography and language between the services.
06/05/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
This notice is to follow up on 008/2019: New local operational planning procedures. Fire and Emergency New Zealand now has a responsibility to review Emergency Response Plans (ERP). Some stations may have already received an ERP to review.