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Levin Volunteer Firefighters Welcome More Protection For Their Community
Friday, 15 July 2022, 3:37 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
The volunteer firefighters of Levin and Horowhenua brigades do an incredible job serving and protecting their communities. The Levin Volunteer Fire Brigade crews multiple fire appliances and attends a significant amount of call-outs - around 450 ... More >>
Volunteer Firefighters Respond To 63% Of Road Crashes And 55% Of All Medical Emergency Call Outs Across New Zealand
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 2:47 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
85% of the New Zealand’s frontline firefighters are volunteers who can be found in every NZ Community, whether remote, rural, provincial or metropolitan. At the heart of volunteerism, is a person who willingly gives of their time to serve and ... More >>
Volunteer Firefighters Give Over $659million To New Zealand’s Economy
Monday, 20 June 2022, 3:24 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
According to the Strengthening our Approach to Volunteering report, commissioned by the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector, New Zealand is a volunteering nation with 49.8% of its population volunteering with an organisation or directly ... More >>
Independent Review Of Fire And Emergency’s Progress On Bullying And Harassment Culture
Friday, 29 April 2022, 4:07 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
The United Fire Brigades’ Association (UFBA) welcomes today’s announcement by Te Kawa Mataaho, the Public Service Commission, to appoint Belinda Clark QSO to lead an independent review into the progress that Fire and Emergency New Zealand has made ... More >>
The Fire Trucks Will Always Turn Up For Our Communities
Monday, 29 November 2021, 3:55 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
The United Fire Brigades’ Association represents 693 different brigades including urban and rural volunteers, defence, airport and industry brigades - supporting nearly 14,000 individuals. 89% of volunteers are vaccinated. Unvaccinated members of volunteer ... More >>
UFBA National Waterway Competition – Wainuiomata, Wellington.16-17 April 2021
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 4:04 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
Each year 20,000 fires threaten precious homes, businesses, our natural environment and lives across New Zealand. All require one thing – lots of water and brave people to put it there! Come and watch this national competitive skills event where firefighters ... More >>
UFBA’s Firefighter Combat Challenge Pushes Firefighters To Be The Best
Monday, 15 March 2021, 4:58 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
Dubbed the ‘ toughest two minutes in sport’, and designed to simulate a knife-edge rescue, the UFBA Firefighter Combat Challenge pushes firefighters to their limit. These aren’t NZ’s top athletes, these are the everyday heroes who respond to ... More >>
Firefighters Gather For UFBA South Island Waterway Competition – Methven Domain, Canterbury. 13 February 2021.
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 11:38 am | United Fire Brigades' Association
Firefighting relies on timing, technical expertise, and teamwork to save lives and property; the branch on the hose, hose to the pump, the standpipe to the hydrant, and each person playing their part. More >>
Firefighters At UFBA North Island Waterway Competition – Morrinsville, Waikato 23 January 2021
Monday, 18 January 2021, 4:40 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
Each year 20,000 fires threaten precious homes, businesses, our natural environment and lives across New Zealand. All require one thing – lots of water and brave people to put it there! Come and watch this competitive skills event where firefighters ... More >>
NZ Firefighters Amongst World’s Highest Number Of Unpaid Firefighters
Monday, 22 June 2020, 2:16 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
NZ firefighters amongst world’s highest number of unpaid firefighters saving lives, property and the nation $659 million per year The 11,500 New Zealanders serving in voluntary brigades throughout the country are amongst the highest number of unpaid ... More >>
UFBA North Island Waterway Challenge in the Wairarapa
Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 3:44 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
This weekend sees Carterton play host to over 100 firefighters, making up 17 teams and volunteer officials from brigades across the North Island, at the UFBA North Island Waterway Challenge. More >>
UFBA Drivers Challenge
Wednesday, 21 August 2019, 3:08 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
The United Fire Brigades’ Association Drivers Challenge at Manfeild brings together fire crews from all around the country to compete and upskill in a challenging driving competition using fire appliances (fire engines/trucks). “We’re honoured to again ... More >>
Over 100 firefighters compete to be the fastest and fittest
Monday, 1 April 2019, 4:13 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
UFBA North Island Firefighter Combat Challenge sees over 100 firefighters compete to be the fastest and fittest in the North More >>
Richie Smith and Brenda Pilott appointed to UFBA Board
Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 1:55 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
Wellington, Tuesday 1 May 2018 – UFBA Board Chair Rick Braddock has today announced the appointment of Richie Smith as an Independent Director and Chairman of the Board. More >>
Abuse of volunteer firefighters is not acceptable
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 2:03 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
Wellington, Thursday 14 December 2017 – On Sunday 10 December, a group of youths threw bottles at a Tuakau Volunteer Fire Brigade fire appliance when the firefighters were returning from helping Pukekohe Volunteer Fire Brigade fight a fire. More >>
Firefighter representative organisations work together
Monday, 11 July 2016, 4:39 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
Urban and rural firefighter representative organisations work together to ensure volunteer firefighters have a single powerful voice More >>
Firefighters face their “toughest two minutes” in Wellington
Friday, 14 March 2014, 12:10 pm | United Fire Brigades' Association
The “toughest two minutes in sport” – the National Firefighter Combat Challenge – is coming to Wellington’s Waterfront on Friday and Saturday, 21 and 22 March, drawing 150 firefighters from throughout New Zealand, who will race against each ... More >>
Fire rescue crews to race against time
Monday, 3 March 2014, 9:49 am | United Fire Brigades' Association
From 6 to 8 March, Manfield Raceway will host 18 Fire Rescue crews from around New Zealand as they compete in the United Fire Brigades’Association (UFBA) National Road Crash Rescue Challenge – a competitive race against the clock to extricate ... More >>
Wellington To Host Toughest Two Minutes In Sport
Friday, 12 April 2013, 11:07 am | United Fire Brigades' Association
The “toughest two minutes in sport” – the National Firefighter Combat Challenge – is coming to Wellington’s Waterfront on Friday and Saturday, 19 and 20 April, drawing 150 firefighters from throughout New Zealand, who will race against each ... More >>
