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.
19/06/2019
| Audience: All Personnel
| Status: Safety Notice
| National
ActionAll personnel are to follow the instructions below when pressure testing hose. SituationThis notice is an update to notice 013/2019. Last month, a hose burst while it was being pressure tested resulting in a firefighter sustaining a serious injury.
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 .
12/06/2019
| Audience: Career firefighters only
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 5 Counties-Manukau
Date: 12th June 2019
Audience: Career Officers
Subject: Officer Meetings
The following schedule details the official dates for the Career Officer Meetings @ July and October. All meetings will be held at Counties Manukau Fire Area HQ.
11/06/2019
| Audience: Career firefighters only
| Status: For Information
| Te Hiku (previously Region 1)
| Area 4 Auckland City
Trevor Killip - Retirement Function - SATURDAY 22 June 2019
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.
10/06/2019
| Audience: Operational personnel only
| Status: Operational Instruction
| National
ActionArea Management are to ensure that all stations with Water Dragon Ejector pumps check that the female coupling securing pin (shown in the picture below) is in place and undamaged and that the female coupling is in good working condition.
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.
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.