11/06/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
Region 1 are seeking expressions of interest from interested staff to join the National Recruitment Team (NRT) based in Auckland. The position is for two years with the option to extend. This position has become available by SO Terry Bird standing down from the role.
07/06/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
Following his serious accident at Birkenhead station last week Will Mahuru has undergone 2 surgeries – one at North Shore hospital and one at Middlemore hospital.
07/06/2019
| Audience: Career firefighters only
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
Area 3 is asking for applications from existing Area 3 personnel to fill internal vacancies. This process will be run as a trial based on the procedure agreed to by the Auckland local branch of the NZPFU.
07/06/2019
| Audience: Career firefighters only
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 5 Counties-Manukau
Date: Friday 07th June 2019
Audience: Career Firefighters and Officers (Area 5)
Subject: Site Report Training – Expressions of Interest
We are looking for some keen firefighters or officers who would like to receive some training in the development of Site Reports.
05/06/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
Please note the phone system at the Mt Wellington Training Centre has been updated. The new phone number to get in touch with the training centre is -
347 0100
04/06/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
Congratulations to our recipients of the Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community, announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours -
Garth Cowley from Auckland
Gary Aitken from Warkworth
On behalf of everyone in Region 1, we thank them for their service and dedication to the…
31/05/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
The National Recruitment Team would like to advise staff who may have friends or family interested in joining FENZ that there is a Practice and Information day on Saturday 8th June at Auckland City Station/Region Headquarters - 40 Pitt Street, Auckland.
31/05/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
Area Manager Murray Binning is on annual leave from Saturday 1 June 2019 and returns on Monday 15 July 2019. Assistant Area Manager John Booth will be the Acting Area Manager for the Waitemata Fire Area from Tuesday 4 June until Friday 28 June 2019.
28/05/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
At all hazmat and structure fire calls including calls to private fire alarms, Level 2 PPE is to be worn by all members of the operational crew including the pump operator/driver. The Level 1 wildfire jacket is not appropriate PPE at hazmat, structure and PFA calls.
28/05/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 3 Waitemata
Since arriving in the Waitemata Fire Area and visiting crews on station I have been concerned about our uniform dress standards. I have always believed that we should all have pride in our uniform and should always present to the public in the most positive way.