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Firefighters make “really good save” in fuel tanker fire
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand A fire involving a fuel tanker on the Peka Peka Expressway this morning has been contained to the cab of the vehicle and its...
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Firefighters working to extinguish fuel tanker fire on the Kapiti Coast
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire trucks from multiple brigades are responding to a fuel tanker on fire on the Peka Peka Expressway just south of the Otaki River,...
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First Responders – Team returns from deployment to wildfires in Canada
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand has welcomed home the team of incident management specialists who have been supporting Canada’s wildfire response for the last...
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Fire and Emergency urges New Zealanders to prepare for elevated wildfire risk this summer
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand As we enter spring, forecasts from Earth Sciences New Zealand and Fire and Emergency New Zealand indicate El Niño conditions are likely to develop...
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Fire and Emergency welcomes home first deployment from North American wildfires
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand The first contingent of New Zealanders deployed to North America to help manage wildfires has returned home today (Saturday). Fire and Emergency New Zealand...
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Moana Fire Station upgrade delivers better facilities and improved resilience
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Moana’s volunteer firefighters and supporters will be in celebration mode when their upgraded fire station is officially opened tomorrow (29 August). The upgrades provide...
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NZPFU rejects options to progress settlement of collective agreement negotiations
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency is disappointed the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has rejected its request to explore arbitration as a way to bring...
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First Responders – Six-person team to assist with wildfire response in Canada
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand is deploying six incident management specialists to Canada this week to support the country’s response to extensive wildfires. The...
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Precision under pressure: New Zealand’s firefighters to compete in national driving challenge
Source: United Fire Brigades’ Association Some of New Zealand’s firefighters will put their precision, judgment and nerves to the test in Feilding this weekend, as they compete in the United...
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Employment Disputes – Fire and Emergency urges NZPFU back to the ERA
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand remains committed to working with the Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) to achieve a fair and sustainable settlement, Acting...
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Employment Issues – Volunteer Firefighters One Step Closer to Fair ACC Cover
Source: United Fire Brigades’ Association The United Fire Brigades’ Association (UFBA) has welcomed Labour MP Kieran McAnulty’s Accident Compensation (Extended Cover for Fire and Emergency New Zealand Personnel) Amendment Bill drawn from...
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New Zealand lending firefighting expertise to American wildfire response
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Five experienced incident management specialists leave for the United States of America tomorrow (Friday) as part of a joint Australasian contingent supporting America’s response to...
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First Responders – Update on hazardous substances incident in Tuakau
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Firefighters will shortly be demobilising from Tuakau, where Fire and Emergency New Zealand has been responding to a hazardous substances incident tonight. Assistant District Commander...
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First Responders – Hazardous substances incident in Tuakau
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Firefighters are responding to a hazardous substances incident in the township of Tuakau, where a large amount of an unknown chemical has entered drains near...
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Fire Safety – Be extra careful when lighting fires this Matariki
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand welcomes and honours the appearance of Matariki and Puanga, marking the start of Māori New Year. Wildfire Manager Tim Mitchell...
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First Responders – Driver rescued from floodwaters
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Specialist Water Rescue Teams have rescued a person from a vehicle trapped in floodwaters near Mt Lyford this morning, supported...
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Fire Safety – Message to landowners: you are responsible for the fires you light
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Landowners whose unattended burn piles caused a string of vegetation fires across Canterbury last Saturday are being visited by Fire and Emergency New Zealand to...
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Federated Farmers elects new national president
Source: Federated Farmers Federated Farmers has today voted in South Canterbury farmer Colin Hurst as the organisation’s new national president. Gisborne farmer Sandra Faulkner has been voted in as vice president....
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Fire Safety – New first response units now serving Kawau Island, Clutha Valley in medical emergencies
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Two new Fire and Emergency New Zealand First Responder Units came into being this week to respond to medical emergencies in their communities – one...
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New Emergency Mobile Alert map “another step forward” – NEMA
Source: National Emergency Management Agency A new map will allow anyone in New Zealand to see any live Emergency Mobile Alerts, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says. Hosted on GetReady.govt.nz, the...
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Fire and Emergency review should go further – Federated Farmers
Source: Federated Farmers Within only a week of Federated Farmers’ call for a review of Fire and Emergency New Zealand, the Government has recognised the issues. “We wrote to Minister Brooke van...
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Insurers welcome review of FNZ levy funding model
Source: Insurance Council of NZ The Insurance Council of New Zealand | Te Kāhui Inihua o Aotearoa (ICNZ) has welcomed the Government’s decision to review how Fire and Emergency New Zealand...
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Honours – 11,800 Fire and Emergency New Zealand volunteers honoured
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand More than 11,800 Fire and Emergency New Zealand volunteers across 590 volunteer fire brigades are being celebrated this week for Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu –...
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New Zealand’s firefighters demonstrate life-saving extraction skills in Feilding
Source: United Fire Brigades’ Association More than 110 firefighters from across New Zealand will converge on Feilding this week to demonstrate the life-saving skills used to rescue people trapped in some...
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Insurance – Insurers call for Community Protection Levy to fund resilience before disaster strikes
Source: Insurance Council of NZ The insurance sector is calling on all political parties to replace the current Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) levy with a simpler Community Protection Levy,...
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Honours – Fire and Emergency King’s Birthday Honours
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand Board Chair Rebecca Keoghan congratulates six Fire and Emergency personnel from Arthur’s Pass National Park, Auckland, Dunedin, Ōmokoroa, Richmond, and...
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Fire and Emergency NZ – New First Response Unit to better serve St Arnaud community
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand The St Arnaud community will get a swifter response to medical emergencies now that the Lake Rotoiti Volunteer Fire Brigade has become a First Response...