28/07/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 2 Whangarei-Kaipara
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.
28/07/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
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…
24/07/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Ngā Tai ki te Puku (previously Region 2)
All personnel are to be made aware of this notice.
20/07/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| National
Action Read
SummaryAll operational personnel must read the two guidelines for clarification on how we respond to hazardous substance emergencies after 1 July 2017.
18/07/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
Expressions of interest are invited from Existing Career Staff for a secondment position within the Waitemata Fire Area for the following position.
11/07/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 2 Whangarei-Kaipara
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.
10/07/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
Calling for a Fire Investigator to assist in determining an Area of Origin and probable cause within private homes or Marae.
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: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
Stations are advised that the Station Operational Readiness Audit for all stations Paid and Volunteer is to commence from August 2nd 2017.
04/07/2017
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
Applications are invited from existing North-West Auckland Fire District Fire Fighters for the following vacancy.