29/10/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| National
Note that, while Fire and Emergency is working with St John, Wellington Free Ambulance, the New Zealand Professional Firefighters’ Union (NZPFU), and other representative associations on agreed arrangements for responding to non-purple medical emergencies, co-response brigades will only respond to purple medical emergencies.
25/10/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| National
Note that Fire and Emergency has published the Asbestos Management and Control Policy and an associated Organisation-wide Asbestos Management Plan.
23/09/2019
| Audience: Volunteer personnel only
| Status: For Information
| National
Fire and Emergency ID cards are not compulsory for volunteer firefighters, but all volunteers are eligible and can obtain an ID Card to show they are part of Fire and Emergency.
29/07/2019
| Audience: All firefighters
| Status: For Information
| National
Note the policy and guidelines for International Wildfire Deployments.
19/07/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| National
For InformationNote that Bruce Stubbs Region Manager Te Ūpoko will be on annual leave from 22 July - 26 August (inclusive). While Bruce is away, Rachael Thorp (Principal Advisor Integration & National Operations) will be Acting Region Manager for Te Ūpoko.
01/07/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| National
ActionNote that the list of senior officer positions in Interim Command and Control Policy and the National Commanders Group has been amended. SituationFrom 1 July 2019, the Service Delivery Leadership Team (SDLT) is established, replacing the Operational Leadership Team (OLT).
10/06/2019
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: For Information
| National
ActionNote that training for High Performance CPR will be rolled out over the coming months. SituationFire and Emergency, along with our colleagues from St John and Wellington Free Ambulance, will be adopting a new High Performance CPR model to help to improve survival rates in cardiac arrest patients.
14/05/2019
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: For Information
| National
This notice confirms the details for payment of the 2019 Physical Competency Assessment (PCA) payment for eligible staff.
08/04/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| National
Read the Emergency Mobile Alerting (EMA) policy, procedure and guidelines so you are familiar with the process for requesting, authorising or transmitting an alert.
05/03/2019
| Audience: Volunteer personnel only
| Status: For Information
| National
If you have helped out with the Pigeon Valley fire as a volunteer for Fire and Emergency, you can apply to be reimbursed for costs such as loss of wages/leave, dependent care, or replacement staff.