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Fire Service to standardise low-risk response
Thursday, 8 July 2010, 12:19 pm | The Fire Service
The Fire Service is concerned at the misinformation being promoted by the NZ Professional Firefighters Union about the new national policy to send two appliances to investigate an automatic alarm in low risk buildings with sprinklers installed. More >>
Statement from Assistant National Commander
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 12:54 pm | The Fire Service
The Fire Service takes its role in protecting and assisting the public very seriously and its operational decisions are based on sound, evidence-based practice and procedures. More >>
Big Red Trucks Partner With Big Red Sheds
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 2:29 pm | The Fire Service
Every couple of hours a home burns in New Zealand. The financial cost runs into the millions. However, a figure can't be put on the emotional devastation - particularly when fire claims a life. A desire to reduce the impact of fire in the community has ... More >>
Fire Service to standardise response to alarm call
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 12:45 pm | The Fire Service
The Fire Service is changing the way it responds to some false alarm callouts and believes the result could mean fewer traffic snarl ups in major cities. More >>
Rolling out the hazmat/command vehicles
Friday, 12 March 2010, 10:57 am | The Fire Service
The latest additions to the Fire Service fleet provide New Zealand with an innovative, world class capability to manage large incidents. More >>
9/11 Firefighter Memorial Stair Climb
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 8:45 am | The Fire Service
On September 11 over 60 firefighters from across New Zealand will be climbing the 28 floors of the BNZ building at 125 Queen Street in Auckland, in memory of their colleagues who have been lost in the line of duty. More >>
Bad Fire Safety Habits Are Killing Aucklanders
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 10:11 am | The Fire Service
Auckland’s Fire Commander, Brian Butt says “firefighters are frustrated with home fires occurring in greater Auckland which are compromising the safety of our people and their communities”. More >>
Fireworks safety campaign 2008 launched
Friday, 17 October 2008, 12:07 pm | The Fire Service
The New Zealand Fire Service, New Zealand Police, Ministry for the Environment, and the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA New Zealand) are coming together for a third consecutive year to launch a safety campaign to remind those celebrating ... More >>
Tamahere inquiry team given a 30 day extension
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 4:22 pm | The Fire Service
New Zealand Fire Service Chief Executive, Mike Hall, has granted the Fire Service's inquiry team a further 30 days to submit its report into the Tamahere Coolstore explosion and fire. More >>
NZ Fire Service: Fire Fatalities Prompt Warning
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 12:01 am | The Fire Service
Over the last decade, New Zealand's rate of avoidable residential fire fatalities has fallen to be one of the lowest in the world. However, in the last 12 months fire fatalities have doubled and this has prompted New Zealand Fire Service National Commander, ... More >>
Marae Commended For Sprinkler Installation
Sunday, 18 May 2008, 2:42 pm | The Fire Service
The reopening of the Te Tomairangi marae in Invercargill is a great event in more ways than one according to the New Zealand Fire Service. After two fires at the marae, Saturday the 17th May will see Te Tomairangi reopened, this time with sprinklers ... More >>
Fire ban to remain over Easter
Friday, 14 March 2008, 10:38 am | The Fire Service
The New Zealand Fire Service, Napier City Council and Hastings District Council are asking for patience during the coming Easter holiday break, as a total fire ban remains in place over Napier and Hastings City and rural fire areas. More >>
Don’t Blame The Flame, Fire Service Tells Kiwis
Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 10:02 am | The Fire Service
Firefighters say thousands of house fires in New Zealand every year could be prevented if people took more care around their homes. More >>
Three die in Blenheim blaze
Thursday, 14 February 2008, 10:41 am | The Fire Service
Blenheim firefighters who attended a house fire earlier today in which three bodies were discovered have said the sheer speed of the fire made the prospect of saving anyone who hadn’t made it outside unrealistic. More >>
Got what it takes to be a career firefighter?
Friday, 16 November 2007, 4:05 pm | The Fire Service
Anyone who has ever thought about becoming a career firefighter will get their chance to find out if they’ve got what it takes when physical tests are held at open days around New Zealand in December. More >>
Progressive decision significant says Fire Service
Thursday, 8 November 2007, 10:52 am | The Fire Service
The Fire Service believes the decision announced today by Progressive Enterprises to no longer sell fireworks, reflects a shift in the publics attitude to fireworks. More >>
A quieter Guy Fawkes pleases Fire Service
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 3:25 pm | The Fire Service
One of the quietest Guy Fawkes nights on record has the Fire Service praising the responsible attitude to fireworks shown by New Zealanders. More >>
TV ad glorifies the unacceptable use of fireworks
Friday, 2 November 2007, 2:18 pm | The Fire Service
An animated television commercial that shows a child firing a sky rocket at his friends head, a letterbox being destroyed with a sparkler bomb and a child lighting a double happy cracker which hes holding in his mouth, has been labeled dangerous and socially ... More >>
Firefighters’ Calendar out on the streets again
Thursday, 27 September 2007, 2:10 pm | The Fire Service
First produced in 1990 as a fundraising initiative to get Kiwi firefighters to the World Firefighting Games, the New Zealand Firefighters’ Calendar has now become almost iconic and is the most popular ‘on the street’ calendar sold in New Zealand. More >>
Emergency Services To Work Closer Together
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 2:37 pm | The Fire Service
St John and the New Zealand Fire Service today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which formalises an agreement between the two emergency service providers to work together more closely. More >>
