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Update On Vegetation Fire In Far North
Sunday, 19 December 2021, 2:11 pm | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency ground crews and helicopters have returned to a large vegetation fire which covers approximately 350 hectares of land in Waiharara, Far North. The fire is north of Kaimaumau, south of Houhora, and east of State Highway 1. It has ... More >>
Temporary Fireworks Ban In The Mackenzie Basin Over Summer
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 3:44 pm | Fire and Emergency NZ
A temporary fireworks ban covering the Mackenzie Basin will come into effect on Wednesday 15 December as part of efforts to reduce the risk of wildfire over the summer. This is the second year that Fire and Emergency NZ has used Section 52 of ... More >>
Queen’s Birthday Honours Recipients Recognised
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 1:29 pm | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency New Zealand personnel from Matamata, Dannevirke, Kaiapoi, Rotorua and New Plymouth were presented with their Queen’s Birthday Honours by Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro at Government House in Wellington today. Fire and Emergency Board ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay - Check It’s Alright
Friday, 3 December 2021, 10:58 am | Fire and Emergency NZ
Hawke’s Bay Fire and Emergency is urging people to think about fire safety as we approach warmer weather. Fire and Emergency’s Hawkes’ Bay Community Risk Manager, Nigel Hall, says everyone should be now checking if it is safe to light an outdoor ... More >>
Prohibited Fire Season For The Hauraki Gulf Islands
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 10:03 am | Fire and Emergency NZ
The Hauraki Gulf Islands will move to a prohibited fire season from Wednesday 1 December 2021 at 08:00am. Region Manager Ron Devlin says this means there will be a ban on outdoor fires for all the Hauraki Gulf islands. "The current conditions ... More >>
Fire And Emergency Is Keeping Communities Safe
Monday, 29 November 2021, 10:09 am | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency is, and always will be, committed to keeping our communities safe. The COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021 required more than 13,300 of Fire and Emergency’s personnel to have their first vaccination by ... More >>
Lake Ōhau Wildfire Investigation Completed
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 10:58 am | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency New Zealand has today published two reports into the Lake Ōhau fire of 4 October 2020; the Lake Ōhau Wildfire Investigation Report and the Lake Ōhau Operational Review. Fire and Emergency Te Kei Region Manager Mike Grant says ... More >>
Fire And Emergency Update 3 - Bromley Fire
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 7:12 am | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency personnel are continuing to work to suppress a fire at the Christchurch Waste Water Treatment Plant in Bromley. Emergency services were first called at 3.07 pm yesterday, and at the fires peak nearly 50 firefighters were in attendance. Currently, ... More >>
Fire And Emergency Update 2 - Bromley Fire
Monday, 1 November 2021, 6:13 pm | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency is continuing to work on a fire at the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bromley. Emergency services were initially called at about 3.07 pm. At its peak nearly 50 firefighters were working on the fire. Some crews have ... More >>
Fire And Emergency Update - Bromley Fire
Monday, 1 November 2021, 3:30 pm | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency is responding to a fire at the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bromley. The fire was initially reported at 3.07 pm. Currently there are eight appliances at the scene. Residents living down wind from the scene are encouraged ... More >>
Set Fireworks Off Safely This Guy Fawkes
Monday, 1 November 2021, 11:17 am | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency wants anyone setting off fireworks this Guy Fawkes to carefully plan their display. Risk Reduction and Investigations Manager Todd O’Donoghue says on average crews have been called to around 200 fireworks-related callouts each Guy ... More >>
Drone Forces Firefighting Helicopters To Halt Operations
Friday, 22 October 2021, 7:32 pm | Fire and Emergency NZ
A drone being flown near the vegetation fire in the hills above Naenae has forced Fire and Emergency to suspend their aerial firefighting operations. Incident Controller Jason Hill has urgently asked all members of the public with drones to avoid the ... More >>
New Deputy Chair For Fire And Emergency NZ Board
Friday, 15 October 2021, 2:04 pm | Fire and Emergency NZ
Malcom Inglis from Whanganui has been appointed as Deputy Chair of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Board. Mr Inglis, a chartered accountant, has experience on a wide variety of boards and governance experience spanning health, education, local ... More >>
Kiwis Work Together To Help Make Aerial Firefighting More Efficient
Friday, 8 October 2021, 10:10 am | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) has banded together with Kiwi software companies TracPlus and Spidertracks to help halve the cost of integration between the systems for firefighting aircraft. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2110/38fa4ff044a35f542cac.jpeg" ... More >>
New Local Leadership Structure At Fire And Emergency
Monday, 27 September 2021, 9:02 am | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency New Zealand has today reached a significant milestone as New Zealand’s first unified firefighting organisation. 27 September 2021 marks the stand-up of 17 new Districts, replacing an historic split where there were 24 urban ... More >>
Fire And Emergency Urges People To Prepare For Gales
Sunday, 12 September 2021, 1:16 pm | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency NZ is warning people to prepare now for severe gales forecast to hit most of Canterbury this afternoon and overnight. Mike Johns, the Assistant Area Manager for Canterbury, said the red warning that MetService has issued makes ... More >>
Multiple Fires In The South As Gales Continue
Friday, 10 September 2021, 7:04 am | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire crews are responding to multiple fires across Canterbury caused by galeforce winds, after a busy night of call-outs that started about 10pm with fires in Otago. Overnight, crews from Dunedin and surrounding areas dealt with a fire in forestry ... More >>
Fire And Emergency - Auckland Flooding Response 30/31 August
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 5:20 am | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency is continuing to respond to calls following a flooding event in Auckland overnight. Between 9.30 pm and 4 am, we received more than 150 calls for assistance. Most of the calls related to flooding into residential properties. ... More >>
Outdoor fires discouraged in Northland
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 12:38 pm | Fire and Emergency NZ
Fire and Emergency New Zealand urges households and landowners across Northland not to light outdoor fires during lockdown, to save firefighters having to respond to calls from anxious neighbours and break their COVID-19 bubbles. Fire and Emergency ... More >>
Fire and Emergency is ready to respond to emergencies
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 12:15 pm | Fire and Emergency NZ
National Commander Kerry Gregory says New Zealand can be assured, Fire and Emergency is well prepared to help our communities in an emergency during Level 4 restrictions. "We have plans in place to ensure we can respond. Firefighters will follow COVID ... More >>
