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September /October 2006 – Issue No. 23
The New Zealand Fire Service Magazine
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Fire & Rescue is the flagship
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Fire Service.
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National Headquarters,
Level 9, 80 The Terrace, Wellington.
Editor: Iain Butler
Front cover: Wellington USAR and
firefighters check for live currents,
Oriental Bay, August 2006.
Story on page 14.
Picture: Lance Lawson
Back cover: Giborne Fire Safety Officer,
Derek Goodwin is photographed for
the local paper.
Picture: Kerry Marshall
Service Family Trees..............................................................................................3
707 years of service from Wanganui Fire Brigade...........4
World of Fire Kiwis chip in for China.......................................................................6
& Rescue The Domino Theory.............................................................................7
London’s got art burn.........................................................................7
Fire & Ice...................................................................................................8
Talking Turkey.......................................................................................10
Bush fires in the land of George W........................................11
Incidents
Ditching the manual........................................................................12
Kilbirnie burns......................................................................................13
We all fall down.................................................................................14
Conditions put the wind up rural firefighters....................15
Winter wonderland...........................................................................15
Profile New station a ‘quantum leap’...................................................16
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All Personnel The last word (for two years).....................................................18
Survey
In the community
Doin’ it for the kids............................................................................20
Common cents....................................................................................20
Palmerston North: the ethni-city...............................................21
Keeping cool under fire..................................................................21
Fun & Games Final fling for Martin........................................................................22
On top of the Stack.........................................................................23
Scottie’s Corner “Yellow Nugget”..................................................................................24
IHC Intellectual property.........................................................................24
Gazette Notices............................................................................................26–29
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Service
Pictures: Dean Treml (below) and inset shot courtesy of Russell Dickson
Two firefighting families show that when
the service gets in your blood, it stays there.
The Dicksons:
Auckland fire safety officer
Russell Dickson is part of a
family celebrating 70 years
continuous service to the various
fire authorities in the region.
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His father Alan (Sandy) Dickson
started the tradition, joining the
Onehunga Volunteer Fire Brigade
on October 1, 1936.
By the time Russell joined, his uncle
Alex, brother Bill and cousins Roger,
Peter and Grant had all signed up.
Having such a family involvement,
and living two doors down from the
fire station, Russell was never in doubt
of becoming a firefighter.
“It was just part of the deal. When my father died [in
1966] the chief said ‘Well, when are you going to join?’.”
Russell remembers some monumental fires from his
childhood, including one where someone covering
for his uncle died. But he also remembers fun times
associated with the brigade, such as when the station was
Russell
Dickson
used by firefighters and their families as a
cinema.
Russell’s first fire on joining was the
Farmers wool store blaze – “which would
be equivalent to a fifth-alarm fire today”.
The family connections also produced
some comic moments.
“When my brother and I both became
permanent [career] firefighters and joined City station,
they would call out for Senior Firefighter Dickson and
both of us would turn up.
“The station officer said ‘this won’t do, one of you has
got to go’.”
In all, 12 members of the extended Dickson family
have served as firefighters, with Russell and Pukekohe
volunteer Darcy Hart still with the Fire Service.
The Thompsons:
Hokitika’s fire brigade is among the oldest in New
Zealand, and for as long as it has served the West Coast
town there has been a Thomspon involved.
Retired CFO Wayne Thompson says the
family’s history in the brigade goes back
“about 120 years” but he is unsure exactly
how long.
Picture: courtesy of Greg Flaws
Wayne’s great-grandfather, grandfather, great-uncle and father have
all donned a firefighting helmet.
“It’s just always been part of the
family – we grew up with it.
“When I was about 18 I was
informed at an AGM that I was
joining the brigade.”
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Now that Wayne is retired his
brother – a rural firefighter – is the
last Thompson with a Fire Service
connection.
Service
Wanganui honours its
stayers – including the
longest serving career
firefighter in New Zealand.
Story and picture by Gwenda Prouse
707 years of service
from Wanganui
Fire Brigade
The Wanganui Fire Brigade has
held an honours night to award
25-year gold stars to four of its
members. In total 707 years of
service was recognised, with the
presentation of two-year bars to
another 23 members, and the fiveyear medal presented to SFF
Manu McGregor.
The latest four gold stars bring
Wanganui’s total number of serving
gold star members to 25 – well over
half the brigade.
service good conduct honours to
QFF Cindy Churton (14-year medal),
SFF Ross Whetton (second clasp)
and SO Ed Buchan (third clasp).
CFO Kevin Smith welcomed all the
dignitaries and guests, then handed
over to brigade secretary Mick Hills
who was MC for the evening.
Maurice Kelly and Boyd Atkinson
then presented the gold stars to
the four recipients on behalf of
the UFBA.
SSO Ken Malcolm was awarded a
gold bar for 49 years of service –
the longest current service in the
country.
Labour MP Jill Pettis, long time
friend of the Wanganui Brigade, gave
a brief address, as did Councillor
Rangi Wills, who also has a long
history with us.
Our congratulations to FF Bob
Wills-Rawlings, SSO Craig Gardiner,
SSO Bryce Coneybeer and SFF
Peter Nicolle, and our thanks for
their dedication and service to the
NZFS, and in particular the
community of Wanganui.
AFRC Pat Fitzell awarded long
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and Bob, Craig and Brenda, Bryce
and Sandy, and Peter and Gwenda.
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Olympic effort: Our own Jim Stuart-Black
on China’s efforts to prepare for the worst
come Games time.
Smoke and mirrors: Victoria becomes the latest
state of Crocodilehunterland to make smoke
alarms compulsory in all dwellings.
United Kingdom
Flames among the frames: the London Royal
Academy of Arts is hit by fire.
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Canada
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Turkey
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Running hot and cold: Kiwi firefighter
Kevin O’Connor on taking the heat in a
Canadian winter.
Ankara Me: Nihan Erdogan describes how
one of the most earthquake-prone nations on
earth revamped its USAR programme.
USA
Fire in the whole: John Barnes returns from a tour
of duty in the NW
US taking on monster wildfires.
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Cover story
Kiwis chip
in for China
China boosts its
USAR capability
following an
international
exercise in August.
The exercise, held in
an abandoned zoo in
Shijiazhuang City, Hebei
Province, was done under
the auspices of the
Asia-Pacific group of
INSARAG (the International Search and Rescue
Advisory Group). With
the Beijing Olympics less
than two years away, it
also acted as a barometer
for China’s readiness in
the event a major disaster
then.
Sixty-five international and more than 100 local USAR
personnel took part.
Fire Service special operations manager and member
of the USAR National Support Team Jim Stuart-Black
says the event, while only a ‘desk-top’ exercise, was
treated as the real thing by organisers – starting with the
arrivals procedure.
“All the teams were taken out to the airport, then
‘processed’ back into the country… from a New Zealand
point of view it was fine but to make it realistic some
people ‘failed’ the entry…and were ‘arrested’ and taken
away for questioning.”
New Zealand was grouped with Japan and Switzerland
for the exercise proper.
Jim says the rooms in which they performed the
exercise were covered
in pictures of ruined
buildings, each with
notes saying what they
contained: a hazardous
chemical, for instance,
or a school with 300
children missing in
the rubble.
Teams had to prioritise
their work based on
hazards, resources and
the number of lives to
be saved.
“It involved some
difficult decisions to get to the most number of people in
the shortest time.”
There were other difficulties to overcome, such as
language barriers.
“We were given a number of tasks working with the
Chinese in these hot rooms with them chain smoking,
working through interpreters.
“It’s not like saying ‘Hi, how are you’ through interpreters,
it’s technical stuff we’re talking about.”
Pictures: Jim Stuart-Black
For all the challenges, Jim says his preconceptions about
China were proven wrong, with people only too happy to
help, chat and support their guests.
And as for China’s USAR capability, which was nonexistent as recently as 2002, Jim says like all things in the
fast-growing nation, it is having resources thrown at it
and is improving out of sight.
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Cover story
The Domino Theory
Story courtesy of
AFAC newsletter
From May 1 this year, New South Wales (NSW) joined Victoria and South
Australia in making smoke alarms a legal requirement in all homes.
The legislation came into force after
a horrific spate of fire deaths last
year in which 13 people died in house
fires across the state in a period of
just over two weeks.
Smoke alarms will be required in all
places where people sleep, including
houses, apartments, hostels, hotels
and hospitals.
The new requirements result from
legislation developed with assistance
from the NSW Fire Brigades and
administered by the NSW Department of Planning, the Office of Fair
Trading and the NSW Department
of Lands.
Various initiatives to promote the
new law have been undertaken by the
NSW Government, and owners have
six months to install smoke alarms
without penalty.
After November 1, 2006 a maximum
penalty of A$550 will apply. However, as of May 1, it became an
offence to interfere with or remove a
smoke alarm.
Before the new laws took effect, it
was estimated that some 670,000
homes throughout NSW did not
have a smoke alarm installed.
It is hoped that the legislation,
coupled with a concerted
educational campaign, will
dramatically reduce this figure,
leading to a significant drop
in the number of home fire
injuries and deaths.
Picture: Chris Perkins
London’s got art burn
The fire appears to have started in the roof of the
Piccadilly building, though the cause is unknown.
Eyewitness Shannon Gordon told the BBC: “All of a
sudden I looked up and there were more flames...
then the big bang was when the roof collapsed.”
Picture: Getty Images
The building was empty in preparation for an
exhibition of American art.
Sixty firefighters battled
a blaze in the Royal
Academy of Arts building
in central London.
Firefighting in wind chill
temperatures as low as -40° was
one experience not to forget, says
Nelson firefighter Kevin O’Connor.
Story and pictures by Kevin O’Connor
Fire & Ice
For the past year I’ve worked at station one, Edmonton,
Canada, which is the busiest station in the city. It was
normal to get 10 calls per shift, day and night.
Being in downtown Edmonton a high proportion of the
calls were medical co-response, which the pump attended,
covering a wide range of incidents such as assaults,
cardiac arrests, suicides and overdoses.
The rescue engine at station one was among the
busiest in North America in 2005 and did not have
pumping capability.
Station one employed aggressive ventilation techniques for firefighting, and the first hand experience
gained from being assigned to the ventilation crew on
numerous occasions proved its wide-ranging benefits.
Station one was also one of two stations specialising
in river rescue during summer months and swift water
ice rescue during the winter.
Committing firefighters to freezing waters was only
used when other options were exhausted.
Even though I’m never likely to use the internationally
recognised qualification in ice rescue again, the
experience working in those environmental conditions
was very rewarding.
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CANADA
With a population of just over 700,000 the city has
753 firefighters working out of 23 stations.
Stations two and three were specialised stations.
Station three for the technical rescue team covering
high-angle, confined space and trench collapse rescues,
and Station two housed the hazmat team.
A new hazmat vehicle worth $1 million was
commissioned recently which contained $1.2 million
of equipment including detection tools for chemical,
biological and nuclear weapons.
Firefighting in extreme cold is hard on gear and
personnel. Run-off water quickly froze as did hose
lines if not drained promptly.
Blocks of ice formed around BA cylinder valves
meaning whole sets had to be changed rather than just
cylinders while the frozen sets thawed inside cabs.
Wet level 2 gear froze and there
were occasions when firefighters
have been frozen in various
positions due to water spray
from fire attack deliveries.
The standard turnout to a house
fire is two pumps, rescue and
aerial appliances, an ambulance
and a district chief.
Edmonton Fire Department is
very proactive with exchange
firefighters.
They have an exchange
committee staffed voluntarily by
past, prospective and current exchange firefighters, a
management representative and firefighters simply
interested in assisting.
They assist their own and continually ensure the
foreign firefighter and family are happy.
The visiting firefighter is moved to areas of interest.
For instance, I was assigned to the fire investigators
for 12 shifts.
The investigators are assigned to platoons and work
the same shift pattern as operational firefighters.
I’m planning on setting up an exchange committee in
New Zealand to better assist firefighters on exchange
as well as utilise and manage the programme.
Anyone interested can email:
kevin.o’connor@fire.org.nz.
See the notice in this Gazette for details about going on
a firefighter exchange.
Talking Turkey
Turkish Urban Search and Rescue team member Nihan Erd
ogan
talks about the realities of working in the USAR task force back
home.
Then:
Now:
Turkey is home to one of the most
active earthquake faults in the world,
so large-scale earthquakes strike the
country with regularity.
There has been much
progress in USAR
activit ies and capac ity
in Turkey.
The one on August 17, 1999 was one
of the biggest earthquakes in the last
century in Turkey.
According to the official numbers
mor e than 17,0 00 peo ple died ,
although it is estimated that the real
death toll is more than 30,000.
Turkis h Civil Defen ce
had units in three cities
before 1999, today it
has 11. The numb er
of staff in each unit
has also been increased
to 120.
Rescue was carried out by Turkish
Civ il Def ence , the mili tary, fire
service, mine workers, municipalities,
and volunteers, both organised and
as individuals.
This eart hqu ake was the cata lyst
for the country’s urban search and
rescue (USAR) taskforce. Before this,
not many people were aware of the
USAR concept.
Turkish Civil Defence took control of
rescue work from this point, while
mos t gov ernm enta l bod ies wer e
restructured following lessons learned
in the quake.
Turkish Civil Defence
trains staff at a
dedicated college in
the capital, Ankara.
Pictures: Get
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A man embraces a Turkish USAR team member
with relief following an earthquake in May, 2003.
They also train Civil Defen ce
volunteers, of which there are now
thousands.
the need for these skills in the country.
Tur kish team s wor ked at the
earthquakes in Greece and Taiwan in
1999, India in 2001, Algeria and Iran
in 2003 and Pakistan in 2005.
Today there are five voluntary and one
official search and rescue teams in
Turkey working in close cooperation
with Civil Defence. They are United Although there has been some progress
Natio ns INSAR AG (Inter nation al in only seven years, there is still room
Search and Rescue Advisory Group) to develop.
members – proof of the awareness of Com pare d
with the syst em in
New Zea land , Turk ey is lack ing
standards and a tier system for USAR.
Each team organises its own training
with its own standards.
New Zea land ’s USA R tier syst em
(introduction, awareness, responder,
tech nicia n and man ager ) is wor ldfamous and it is a very good example
for many countries. Turkey is on its
way to developing these standards.
Ano ther area to deve lop is the
coo rdin atio n betw een vari ous
international, national, regional and
local teams in the country.
Some of the devastation wrough
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1999 earthquake that brought abo
ut changes in
Turkey’s readiness for such a disa
ster.
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There is also the need to have more
Civil Defence staff, considering the
population (around 65 million people)
and the earthquake risk.
Pictures: courtesy of John Barnes
Bush fires in the
land of George W
The largest ever
deployment of
Kiwi firefighters has
been toughing it out
in the North-Western
US dealing with
some whopping fires.
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Everything in America is big: their
cars, their portions, their children –
so it stands to reason that their
bushfires and the response to them
is big, too.
Christchurch rural fire manager
John Barnes recently returned from
a month with the US National Interagency Fire Centre and says the scale
of these fires is the first challenge a
visiting firefighter has to overcome.
“We just don’t have fires that big.
Some of them have been going since
July and are not expected to be under
control until October.
“And [after bringing it under control]
if you have low humidity and dry
conditions it can get away again.”
New Zealand’s contribution of
29 rural firefighters to the US is its
biggest ever deployment since
agreements were reached between
Australia, New Zealand and the
US over wildfire assistance in 2000.
John says the managers spend two
days in orientation, learning about
the fuel types, fire behaviour and
terrain specific to the area they are
posted in. Helicopter managers get
an extra day familiarising themselves with aviation regulations.
Then comes the hard work. Two
14-day stretches of fire control,
with a two-day break in between.
“The first 14 days aren’t that bad; you
wake up at 6, attend a briefing, have
breakfast, work until night, come
back, have a shower and a meal then
you are so tired you go straight to your
tent and try to get some sleep.
for showers
and kitchen
facilities and all these things are
brought in in caravans to support
the firefighters.”
In fact, even though they have been
sleeping in tents, the Australasian
firefighters have had the use of an
online ‘community’ to send and
receive messages, post photos and
tell their tales of massive blazes.
Only in America.
“You’re so busy that
you don’t notice the
time go by.”
The second stint is
harder though, as
thoughts start turning
to home.
However, even in the
American wilderness
teams are well catered
for.
“They [the interagency
response team] have all
these national contracts
ngton.
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Incidents
Ditching the manual
Wi-Richard Tohiariki had been on the job a matter of weeks when he was called with
fellow Invercargill firefighter Aaron Ramsey to an unusual rescue.
Sandstorm, a 33-year-old Anglo-Arab
horse was caught in a ditch and it
took three firefighters, one of the
owners and an incredible stroke of
luck to get him out.
“The horse was freezing, so that was
a concern. It was found there in the
morning so we didn’t know how long
it had been there.”
With a stream constantly filling the
ditch with water, getting the horse
out was no straight-forward pushand-pull task.
“It needed a lot of improvisation, but
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the guys I was with were excellent.
It was one of those ‘meant-to-be’
situations.”
By sheer chance, SO Geoff Timpany,
whose property was near-by, had a
digger and was able to rope up
Sandstorm and start the complicated
process of getting him out.
“Every now and then we would give
it a bit of a pull, but the suction
[from the bog] was too much,” says
Wi-Richard.
“In the end we had to put railway
sleepers under the digger because it
was starting to sink. So it turned into
a digger rescue as well.”
For all that, the entire operation from
arrival to giving the now-healthy
Sandstorm a congratulatory carrot
took just 50 minutes.
Wi-Richard was among the first
group of recruits to graduate from
the National Training Centre in June.
He says being with Invercargill’s
green watch is ideal for him.
“They’re quite pro-learning, which is
what I need. They’re looking after me
really well.”
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Incidents
Kilbirnie burns
A dozen appliances and
support vehicles were needed
when two houses in Wellington’s
east went up in flames.
Chandrika Patel (77) was in the back garden of her Rongotai
Rd home when she heard crackling noises and looked up to
see the house well alight.
By the time fire crews arrived – which wasn’t long as Kilbirnie
Fire Station is at the end of the street – exposure to the fire
had already caused the neighbouring property to go up.
Fire got into the roofs of both properties, making them
uninhabitable by the time the fires were out.
Chandrika’s son Roger told Fire & Rescue the house and
possessions were insured, but his mother would have to live
with his family for some time while the house was rebuilt.
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The slips were no respecter of status,
with a posh Oriental Bay apartment
block hit by tonnes of earth and
vegetation in one of the many
weather-related upheavals.
Part of the USAR task force was
mobilised for the slip on August 16
due to the possibility that someone
was trapped beneath the rubble at
the back of the apartment block.
Using specialised listening equipment, national special operations
manager Jim Stuart-Black and other
USAR taskforce members were able
to confirm that nothing was moving
beneath the dirt.
They then used a “hot stick” to check
that no electricity was flowing
through the slip site before city
council engineers, firefighters and
others were allowed in.
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Jim says traffic had to be closed to
Oriental Parade while the work
was done as the listening equipment was so sensitive it was
picking up conversations hundreds
of metres away. Car noise would
have interfered with the process.
Elsewhere in Wellington a house in
Kelson, Lower Hutt, was destroyed
after the infill land beneath it gave
way. Others near-by lost their back
gardens and are now balanced
precariously above the precipice.
Residents in Kilbirnie and Aro
Valley were woken with unwelcome visitors in the form of
mud and debris. Countless roads
and even the suburban railway
in Johnsonville were closed as
sodden hillsides gave in to weeks
of winter rain.
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Conditions put
the wind up
rural firefighters
Strong winds in late August proved worried rural fire
officers’ concerns about burn offs were well founded.
There were fires in or near DoC reserves at Ruataniwha,
Henley, the Catlins and Te Tara in Southland and others
in Otago and South Canterbury.
DoC firefighters and their rural, Fire Service and private
forest counterparts were stretched to the limit and in
some cases had to leave fires to do their worst as conditions
became too dangerous, with high winds preventing
aircraft attacking the fires.
Elsewhere the wind was making life miserable for people
and pets – not to mention firefighters.
Athol, in Southland, was battered with winds that
averaged 140km/h, uprooting trees and sending dog
kennels flying, while in South Canterbury, a caravan and
4WD were flipped onto their roofs by the wind.
Twizel DCFO Dennis Connolly told the Timaru Herald
about the trouble they had turning out to assist residents.
“We were using the bus as protection, but when you
stepped out from behind it, you’d just about end up on
the other side of the road.”
Picture: courtesy of CFO Richard Davidson
Many parts of Otago and Southland had their strongest
winds on record as nor’westers raged through the South
Island, fanning ill-advised crop burn-offs as they went.
Winter wonderland
What do you do when the incident you’re called to is on a
ski field, and there aren’t any roads?
That was the dilemma facing Whakapapa
and National Park brigades who turned out
to a fire alarm activation at the Otaihape Ski
Club on Mt Ruapehu in July.
Thankfully, the answer wasn’t to get out the
snow shoes.
The club lodge is at the ‘Top of the Bruce’ in the
Whakapapa village, about 1km from the end
of the road and – funnily enough – on a slope.
Pictures: Luigi Hotter
Mercifully, says Ruapehu fire safety officer
John ‘Luigi’ Hotter, a snow mobile appeared
and the brigade was promptly whisked up
the mountain to do its duty.
Fire & Rescue understands there is no truth
to the rumour that a bright red “Type 7”
snowmobile with hi-vis tape and sirens is
speeding its way to Ruapehu District.
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New station a
‘quantum leap’
Gisborne Fire Service personnel are buzzing about
their new station, officially opened by Internal Affairs
Minister Rick Barker at the end of August.
Gisborne CFO Stuart Law says time
had caught up with the old station.
“The appliance doors were tiny, so
the vehicles had to turn out from the
rear. It had an all-concrete interior
and was dull and dowdy, and no
air conditioning, so it was cold in
winter and hot in summer.”
The new station is a much better
working environment.
“It’s modern, with the best of fire
protection, the latest BA gear, great
lecture rooms – it’s a
quantum leap.”
DCFO John Haggland
is similarly effusive
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in his praise of the new building.
“The old [station] was expensive to
maintain, whereas we should get
few years maintenance free out of
this one.”
John says lots of little details make
the station a nicer place to work,
such as a bigger
workstation and
the absence of
stairs, making
shifting heavy
things around by
trolley a much
easier job as
well as allowing
access to wheelchairs and prams.
“We’ve put the
bedrooms on
the side of the
building that’s sheltered from the
sun; the old ones on the second
storey could get up to 40 degrees in
summer.
“They’ve been through June, July,
August in probably the coldest winter
for 20 years and had no complaints
so it passed that test.”
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Back where they belong
Sitting pretty in Gisborne station’s
modern interior are a set of stained
glass windows that have seen it all
before.
The windows, depicting
old-style brass helmets
and a length of hose,
were previously installed at the Fire Service
College in Island Bay,
We l l i n g t o n , a m o n g
other places.
However, the letters
“GFB” on one window
gave a clue to their
origin – they were built
into the previous
Gisborne Fire Station
in 1938.
DCFO John Haggland
says when the station
was renovated in the
late 1970s the windows
were scattered hither
and yon.
“There were some at the college,
there’s some in Hamilton and all over
the place.
When the Island Bay college was
sold in 1999, and subsequently
demolished, those windows were put
in storage.
In the middle of this
year they made their
way home, where
they have pride of
place as a part of
local history.
“We managed to get
enough back to do
the doors in the
station, so that was
good.”
Also looking back
on Gisborne’s firefighting history is a
historic bell tower,
complete with a bell
from 1909. Like the
windows, the tower
and bells were sold,
traded or moved –
but crucially, not forgotten – and
have now made their way back to
where they belong.
Pictures: Kerry Marshall
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2006 All Personnel Survey
The last word (for two years)
The 2006 All Personnel Survey will be arriving at your station or workplace soon.
This year’s survey is your last chance to express your views until 2008, so make the
most of the opportunity to tell the organisation as a whole what you think.
We want to know how working or volunteering for the Fire Service motivates you,
if you get the respect you deserve from your colleagues, and if you feel you have
enough resources to do your job, among other things.
Of course, your answers are only half the equation – it’s how the Fire Service
changes because of them that counts. That’s why I’m pleased to show you some of
the changes made in response to previous surveys.
Mike Hall
Chief Executive/National Commander
Here are some of things that are being done in response to the results of the 2005 survey:
Fairness and Diversity:
Wellbeing:
What you said:
What you said:
Some people thought there was a lack of fairness in the way career
opportunities were allocated, and some didn’t understand what equal
employment opportunities meant.
In the 2005 survey, three of the top
four sources of workplace stress
involved interpersonal activities
(“working with incompetent people”,
“having no say in decisions” and
“conflict with people”).
What we’ve done:
Director of human resources Vince
Arbuckle says a lot of work has gone
into making the recruitment process
more transparent and better
understood.
“The Fire Service is committed to
increasing diversity in our workforce
to better reflect our community, but
this has never come at the expense
of fairness.”
To ensure this remains the case, the
Equal Employment Opportunities
group has been replaced by a new
Diversity and Fairness group, tasked
with keeping the balance right.
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“In response to concerns raised
in last year’s survey the entire
recruitment process was reviewed,
and I can say that recruitment
decisions are now based entirely
on merit.
“With a fair recruitment policy and
world class interviewing/testing
procedures, we’re confident the right
people are being appointed to Fire
Service jobs.”
In the 2006 survey a new diversity
section asks your opinion on
diversity and its importance to the
Fire Service.
What we’ve done:
To address “conflict with people”, the
2006 All Personnel Survey will ask
questions about inappropriate
behaviour in the workplace, and how
it is dealt with, in line with a new
workplace bullying policy.
In the New Year the NZPFU and
senior Fire Service management will
deliver a road show covering topics
around wellbeing and answering
questions.
2006 All Personnel Survey
Communication:
Resources:
What you said:
What you said:
Both volunteer and career operational staff said their most favoured means
of communication was face-to-face – at brigade/station meetings.
Volunteers especially felt there was
a lack of resources available to
them. Director of operations and
training Paul McGill says while the
survey didn’t allow for specifics, the
main area of concern appeared to
be fleet, which is being worked on.
Volunteers also pointed out that email and intranet communications was of
limited use to them.
What we’ve done:
Several regions have begun making
greater use of chiefs conferences,
workshops and station visits to
communicate messages and listen to
feedback.
New or improved methods of
communication have been trialled
regionally, such as the Transalpine
Express newsletter, which is proving
successful.
Regions have also instituted their own
surveys to continuously improve
information about what is and isn’t
working in their area.
Nationally, remote access via portal.
fire.org.nz is up and running with the
number of volunteer staff using it
increasing all the time.
Use of ‘whole of country’ emails has
been refined to make it more
appropriate to those with workplace
access to the email system.
Increasingly, the UFBA’s communication channels are assisting the
Fire Service in communicating
important messages and informing
volunteers of the latest developments,
particularly around fleet.
What we’ve done:
This year will see the largest
number of new fire appliances
provided to volunteer brigades for
over 10 years and this will continue.
A new type 2 appliance is produced
every three weeks and prototype
type 1 and light response vehicles
are being developed.
In addition, new trucks are also
being delivered to career stations
around the country.
Volunteer recognition:
What you said:
Volunteers said they wanted more
recognition for their efforts, and in a
follow up question to the 2005 survey
identified loss of income as an issue.
What we’ve done:
Loss of income policy is being
reviewed with the UFBA, with the
emphasis on the need to address
childcare costs and volunteers taking
annual leave to attend longer training
programmes.
A nine-district pilot programme is
underway to enhance recognition of
employers of volunteers, which includes brigade funding for advertising,
signage on trucks to acknowledge
local employers and a special brand or
logo that employers can use in their and the UFBA are working closely
advertising.
together to address the needs of
Vince says these two initiatives are volunteers in direct response to the
examples of where the Fire Service All Personnel Survey.
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In the community
Wellington firefighters spent two mornings answering the tough
questions at a national careers event for primary school children.
The National Kids conference
was held at the Wellington
College of Education on
August 21 and 22, bringing
children from around
New Zealand to have an
interactive day of careersfocused events ranging from
accounting to archery.
The Fire Service was
represented, and arguably
had the toughest task
to win over its audience
as the combustive nature of its
demonstration meant that it (along
with the archers, for similar health and
safety reasons) was stuck outside for
two of the coldest days of the year.
The crew demonstrated Level 2s, BA
gear and a splash suit and showed
the kids around a fire truck and a
command unit.
Then the kitchen fire demonstrator
Common cents
came out, eliciting sufficient gasps
as the cooking oil erupted in flame.
It was followed by an equally
impressive sprinkler demonstration.
The presentation truly engaged its
audience as was shown at question
time with queries such as “why did
you become a firefighter?” and “how
fast do the fire trucks go?”.
Five-cent fever gripped Fire Service
NHQ last month, but it was all in a
good cause.
It all started with a collection of five cent
pieces, which cease to be legal tender at the end
of October.
Receptionist Lou Dawson set up a jar and from the
pockets, gloveboxes and couches of NHQ staff a
mighty pile of small currency grew.
Then came the news that 5c pieces from 2004 were
worth much more than their weight in nickel alloy.
A diligent search of the coin jar revealed no less
than three of the prized pieces and they were duly
put on Lou’s home Trade Me account, with the first
alone netting $110, or 2200 times its face value.
Lou Dawson (right) and Eliz
abeth Grieve from
NHQ demonstrate what $21
9.65 looks like.
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In all Plunket was handed a very heavy $484.55 –
consisting of the proceeds from three 2004 5c
pieces, money raised from a ‘guess the value of the
coins’ contest and no less than 4393 5c coins.
In the community
Palmerston
North: the
ethni-city
A multi-agency initiative gives the city’s
immigrant community a better chance
at a safe life.
Keeping cool
under fire
The cool thinking of a 10-year-old Newtown girl
meant relieved firefighters were able to assist
three injured relatives, rather than retrieving
four bodies.
When you’re new to a country the little things can
be the hardest to adjust to – like who to call in
an emergency.
With that in mind, and following an inner-city
assault where police felt that earlier reporting would
have given them a better chance of securing a
prosecution, Palmerston North’s city council, police,
fire service and St John ambulance put their heads
together to produce an emergency services card for
recent immigrants.
The wallet-sized card gives details of who to call in
various types of emergency, as well as listing handy
safety tips.
At a ceremony at Palmerston North Fire Station
members of the city’s large ethnic community, which
includes Asian students and Congolese refugees
among many others, were presented with packs
containing the card, a welcome letter and safety
information from all three services represented.
Newtown green watch
Steve Tooley, Michael
Fleming, Grant Haywood
and Des Irving with Jesika.
Jesika Ramese-Finau was asleep
when a fire started next to her bed.
She says she was woken by a dream about her dead sister
and realised the peril she and her family were in.
Jesika woke her cousin and aunty and uncle and they all
managed to escape the fire – though the adults suffered
from burns and smoke inhalation.
Newtown green watch senior station officer Des Irving
said there was no doubt that Jesika saved four lives.
“If Jesika had not woken up and remained cool and levelheaded we’d be going to funerals,” Des said.
Des said even though the house was close to the fire
station and firefighters got there quickly the fire was fully
involved by the time they arrived.
The green watch crew recognised Jesika’s actions at her
Houghton Valley School by presenting her with a
certificate, some movie vouchers and other goodies.
Wellington radio personality Nick Tansley from More
FM also joined the ceremony and put a picture of Jesika
and her classmates on the station’s website.
Principal Barry Schon used the opportunity to thank the
crew who helped Jesika, acknowledging firefighters did
not always enjoy such a happy ending. “We really
appreciate you’re there for us.”
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Fun & Games
Final fling for Martin
Picture: Getty Images
Auckland firefighter Rochelle
Martin played every minute of
New Zealand’s third successful
Women’s Rugby World Cup in
Edmonton, Canada.
The Black Ferns triumphed 25-17 in
the final over England, a score that
flattered the runner-up, who crossed
the New Zealand try line only once.
Rochelle had a frustrating game,
continually pinged by the referee in
some unusual calls, but can look back
on the tournament with pride after
excellent contributions throughout.
She was handed the captaincy of the
Black Ferns for game two of the
campaign, and responded by leading
the team to a 50-0 thrashing of
Samoa.
The 33 year old dotted down for one
of the New Zealanders’ eight tries
after switching from flanker to
number-8 for the game.
She was then the stand-out player in
the semi-final victory over France,
scoring two tries from outstanding
support play.
Rochelle started in all three pool
games – against hosts Canada, Samoa
and Scotland – the semi against
France and the final, despite coach
Jed Rowlands adopting a Graham
Henry-style rotation policy in the
SPORTS
COUNCIL
Event Calendar
2006
Och! Rochelle crunches a
Scottish player.
congested World Cup schedule.
Only one other player – Monalisa
Codling from Auckland – was
retained for all five games.
The final was a dour affair until a
slick try to Codling at the end of the
first half opened things up. England
was never in the contest after a second
try immediately after the restart saw
them trailing 15 – 3.
The Black Ferns’ superior handling,
speed and – as the game wore on in
freezing conditions – fitness saw them
dominate, with England only having
the edge in the scrums.
Rochelle has talked about retiring
from the game in the past, but if she
does there will still be one piece of
unfinished business to attend to: the
Auckland NPC team she captains
lost its first ever final to Wellington
two days before the Cup final.
The path of destruction:
Pool Games
New Zealand 66, Canada 7;
New Zealand 50, Samoa 0;
New Zealand 21, Scotland 0.
Semi Final
New Zealand 40, France 10.
Final
New Zealand 25, England 17
National Golf
Tournament
2006 Australasian
Fire Brigades Golf Championships
Ohakune
October 9 – 15, 2006
Email: Ohakune@fire.org.nz
Adelaide, Australia Oct 29 – Nov 3, 2006
Contact Ray Shields, (07) 348 3197
or (07) 347 2252 Email: Ray.Shields@fire.org.nz
Entry forms and contacts for some events are available online at Firenet or fire.org.nz
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Issue No. 23
Fun & Games
On top of
the Stack
Fire brigades from around the
country sent their drivers to test their
mettle on a course that rated their
knowledge of driver theory, handling
and parking among other tasks.
Rex Stack from Akaroa, Banks
Peninsula, came out on top – the only
competitor to notch up 1000 points.
Rex was followed by Pahuiatua’s
Simon Windelborn and Craig Millar
from Papakura.
South Island brigades were narrowly
shaded by their North Island rivals,
with six of the top ten from above
Cook Strait.
The winner’s trophy – aptly enough
a model truck – was presented by
UFBA president Peter Guard.
Pictures: Chris Walbran
Akaroa’s finest proves his worth at
the Fire Service Drivers Challenge at
Ruapuna race track in Christchurch.
2006 drivers Challenge top 10
Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Driver
Rex Stack
Simon Windelborn
Craig Millar
Grant Staples
Quentin Inkersell
Nathan Algie
Tony Belcher
Phil Tindle
Mark Keenan
Ken Lee
Brigade
Akaroa
Pahiatua
Papakura
Otorohanga
Rolleston
Havelock North
Pahiatua
Otorohanga
Hokitika
Dunsandel
Points
1027.2
961.6
950
948
938
937
933
913.8
911.8
910.2
Taranaki Provincial
Golf Tournament
Wellington West Coast
Golf Tournament
Men’s and Women’s
Softball Tournament
National 7-a-side Soccer
Tournament
Inglewood
November 5, 2006
Stratford@fire.org.nz
Foxton
November 12, 2006
Robert.Christie@fire.org.nz
Palmerston North
December 4 – 8, 2006
rjggriff@hotmail.com
Rotorua, February 9 & 10, 2007
Contact: Tony Kelly, (07) 348 3197
tony.Kelly@fire.org.nz
To list your sporting event on this space please send details to: warren.dunn@fire.org.nz
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Intellectual property
A memorandum of understanding between the Fire Service and IHC hopes to add another
850 homes to the list of those with the best fire protection around.
IHC is New Zealand’s largest property
owner outside of government, with its
properties housing about 3000 people
with intellectual disabilities.
The MoU, signed in June, recognised
IHC’s excellent in-house fire safety
practices and, in a first for New Zealand,
agreed to waive the need for Fire Service
approval of each property.
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Picture: Lance Lawson
In return, IHC will progressively install
sprinklers in its homes. By 2003, IHC
had installed sprinklers in seven percent
of its homes already, typically where
evacuation times at fire drills had
exceeded recommendations.
By order of the Fire Service Commission
Notices
pages 26–29
Appointments
pages 30–31
Notices for the Fire Service Gazette should
be emailed to: nzfs.gazette@fire.org.nz
Fire Service Gazette
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Notices
Notices
Notice No 95: International Firefighter Fellowship Exchange Programme 2006–2007
Applications are sought from current firefighters who would like to participate in the International Firefighter
Fellowship programme. This programme is coordinated through AFAC by the Metropolitan Fire & Emergency
Services Board in Melbourne.
Expressions of interest are sought for exchanges to the UK, Ireland, Canada, the USA and Australia and will
commence July 2007 (approximately) for periods ranging between six and 12 months.
As well as exchanging positions, Fellows may exchange residence for the full period of the fellowship, or the
fellow may opt to lease accommodation in the designated country. Fellows may be accompanied by their
families and must meet all their own travel and other expenses; that is to say, that neither employer of the
participants will incur any expenses. An exception to this would be a part contribution towards insurances in
accordance with POLHR 3.5 (see FireNet http://firenet.fire.org.nz/Firenet/ManualsAndForms/ManualGroups/
Policy/HR/TrainingandDevelopment/)
Applicants require a minimum of four years’ experience as a paid firefighter within the New Zealand Fire
Service. They must also be able to demonstrate the following:
• Professional and firefighting skills
• Awareness of Fire Service current issues, and global issues
• Maturity and self-esteem
• Adaptability and initiative
• Ability to use the learned skills/experience on return
• Capable of representing the NZFS effectively
Those applying must complete both the New Zealand Fire Service application form and the AFAC
application form. These forms as well as other information are available by logging onto FireNet’s Human
Resources section, then by clicking on training and development.
These forms and an up to date CV should be addressed to the relevant person for your region
(see New Zealand Fire Service Application form).
Applications close at noon Friday, November 25, 2006.
Vicki Rae HR Administrator
Tel: (04) 496 3607
Email: vicki.rae@fire.org.nz
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Notices
Notice No 96: 2006 New Zealand Fire Service Promotional Examinations Pass List
Qualified Firefighter continued...
Qualified Firefighter
Robert
Michael
Jarad
James
Bevin
Marcel
Michael
Dhea
Bradley
Jason
Robbie
Vincent
Glenn
Grieg
Chris
Ryan
Stephen
Mikal
David
Michael
Carl
David
Jason
Danny
Alice
Martin
Blair
John
Simon
Mark
Waka
Terry
Crawford
Nathan
Matthew
Luke
Kris
Michael
John
Glen
Derryn
John
Nicholas
Carl
APPLETON
CANDY
COWIE
DENCH
DICK
EDWIN
HARRISON
HART
HARVEY
KILKOLLY
MCMILLAN
MELEISEA
METCALFE
MOONEY
O’DEA
PELLETT
RITSON
SOKOL
VAN PAN HUYS
VARGA
WAREHAM
WYNNE
WOOD
CARMINE
DAVEY
HASTIE
HOMAN
SMAILS
SMITH
FOWLER
PETERA
COOK
MORRIS
RENFREE
WHYTE
BODDINGTON
GILMOUR
BAILLIE
ORMSBY
WARETINI
DAVIDSON
CAMERON
EDDY
MURPHY
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Christchurch
Christchurch
Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin
Hawkes Bay
Hawkes Bay
Invercargill
Invercargill
Invercargill
Invercargill
New Plymouth
New Plymouth
Palmerston North
Palmerston North
Palmerston North
Rotorua
Tauranga
Wanganui
Wanganui
Alan
Dylan
Xavier
Richard
Craig
Stephen
Matthew
Kere
Hugh
Barbara
Martin
Catherine
Sarah
COLLETT
HIGGISON
KENNEDY
LARKIN
MCDOUGALL
MCMULLEN
MORRIS
NICHOL
O’DONNELL
OLAH
SPARROW
TREVATHAN
LLOYD
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Whangarei
Senior Firefighter
Vikram
Chris
Chris
Shane
Stefan
Dean
Troy
Justin
Russell
Brendon
Nicholas
Talite
Leon
Stefan
Linda
Ivan
Barbara
Sean
Matthew
Karl
Mike
Ian
Bryan
Vincent
Garry
Justin
Adam
James
BINDRA
BRENNAN
BURNS
ENGLAND
HOWELL
IRWIN
ISAIA
KAMPHUIS
LAMPKIN
LAWSON
LEE
LIAVAA
MALLARD
MCCORD
MCHUGH
MILLAN
NUSTRINI
POOLE
REID
SCHERTENLEIB
SILVERMAN
TANNER
TAYLOR
VENIMORE
WELLFARE
WHITE
WRIGHT
YOUNG
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Continued over...
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Notices
Senior Firefighter continued...
Robert
Aaron
Simon
Tim
Robert
Phillip
Ant
George
Tim
Brett
Nicky
Malcolm
Judd
Steve
Jodi
Jonathan
Murray
Timothy
Mitchell
Anthony
Wally
Seton
Tanja
Shane
Hamish
Alex
Glen
Daniel
Kerry
David
David
Jared
Dion
Clark
Scott
ILLINGWORTH
MCKAY
PAYTON
PRICE
BEVIN
DE ROOY
O’NEILL
CLARKE
LISTER
GORRINGE
BATES
MCQUADE
THOMPSON
ACTON
ANDREW
DUFFY
PIKE
SCOTT
TAMATI
SEALEY
LEE
BROWN
GRUNWALD
BROCKLEBANK
DALZIELL
DITTMER
DODD
GETHING
HIKU
HURST
MCGIFFORD
MCKANE
MORGAN
TOWNSLEY
KITCHEN
Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch
Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin
Gisborne
Gisborne
Hamilton
Hawke’s Bay
Hawke’s Bay
Hawke’s Bay
Invercargill
Invercargill
Invercargill
Masterton
Masterton
New Plymouth
Palmerston North
Rotorua
Wanganui
Wanganui
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Whangarei
Station Officer – Paper A
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Nicholas
BRACKEN
Auckland
Jeremy
GIBBONS
Auckland
Alaster
JEFFERYS
Auckland
Andrew
KEANE
Auckland
Grant
MARTIN
Auckland
Rochelle
Katherine
MARTIN
POCOCK
Auckland
Auckland
Station Officer – Paper A continued...
Matthew
Daniel
Bruce
Oswald
Mark
Colin
Natasha
Warrick
Glen
Nicholas
Deane
Troy
Paul
Paul
Geoffrey
Gareth
Mike
Paul
SINTON
TAKARANGI
TAPLIN
VAN
BEERENDONK
WHITTINGTON
IRVINE
BROWN
LE QUESNE
VARCOE
BARCLAY
CHALMERS
GEORGE
MANUEL
ARROWSMITH
MOORE
HUGHES
ROBERTSON
WAITE
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Hamilton
Hawke’s Bay
Hawke’s Bay
Hawke’s Bay
Invercargill
Invercargill
New Plymouth
New Plymouth
Rotorua
Wanganui
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Station Officer – Paper B
Stephen
Nicholas
Philip
John
Jeremy
Alaster
Rochelle
Matthew
Paul
Stephen
Oswald
Mark
Colin
Natasha
Mark
Warrick
Chris
Graham
Johnny
Gareth
Brent
Graham
Paul
BOTTING
BRACKEN
CROSS
ELLINGTON
GIBBONS
JEFFERYS
MARTIN
SINTON
STITT
THUELL
VAN
BEERENDONK
WHITTINGTON
IRVINE
BROWN
CARRUTHERS
LE QUESNE
FAITHFULL
WATSON
ANDREWS
HUGHES
PRITCHARD
DAKIN
FOSTER
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Hamilton
Hawke’s Bay
Hawke’s Bay
Hawke’s Bay
Palmerston North
Palmerston North
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Whangarei
Whangarei
Notices
Senior Station Officer
Gary
David
Nigel
Kenneth
Bruno
Colin
Kevin
Aaron
Richard
David
Paul
Lennard
LANE
WOON
LIDDICOAT
COOPER
SAATHOF
RUSSELL
GUNN
WATERREUS
GALE
KEY
BALLANTINE
SABIN
Senior Communicator
Auckland
Auckland
Hamilton
Hawke’s Bay
Hawke’s Bay
Invercargill
Palmerston North
Rotorua
Wellington
Wellington
Whangarei
Whangarei
Douglas
Leah
Charles
Paul
Daryl
Christopher
Kevin
COOKE
DENTON
NORRIS
RADDEN
BALL
DALTON
DORGAN
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Auckland
Christchurch
Wellington
Wellington
Notice No 97: New Training Materials
The following new training resources have been distributed via fire regions to all stations.
MVA Technical Manual. This manual replaces the previous “MVA Station Reference Manual” dated
December 1999, which is to be destroyed.
Drill Book. The new drill book replaces the NZFS Drill Book issued in 1989, which is to be destroyed.
Drill Book – Pocket Edition. The Pocket Edition is a new publication for use on the drill ground,
containing information condensed from the primary Drill Book.
Core Competencies Manual. This manual is a new publication and will be expanded and reviewed in
July 2007. The Core Competencies Manual replaces the “Knowledge and Skills Guide” which is to be
destroyed.
Any station which has not received a copy of these materials by 15 September, should contact regional
administration in the first instance.
Feedback on any training resource can be made using the “Training Materials Feedback” process accessed on
FireNet at “Training/Training Material/Feedback & Suggestions”
The PDU wishes to thank all those personnel who contributed to the development, approval and publication
of these resources.
Notice No 98: New Contractual Motor Vehicle Policy – POLAM4.4
A new policy has been drawn up replacing the previous motor vehicle policy.
This policy covers the purchase and guidelines for the use of all Fire Service motor vehicles where there is a
mixture of both private usage and business-related usage.
The policy in full is available on Firenet in the Manuals and Policy section under Asset Management policies.
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Appointments
Appointments
Vacancy
Position Filled
Person
Appointed
Proposed
Start Date
Previous Position Held
.
Chief Fire Officer,
Kawhia Volunteer Fire Brigade
Allan Hayes
.
Deputy Chief Fire Officer,
Kawhia Volunteer Fire Brigade
.
Kamo Volunteer Fire Brigade,
Northland
Colin Thomson
.
Senior Station Officer, Kamo
Volunteer Fire Brigade
Kawakawa Volunteer Fire Brigade
Annette
Wynyard
.
Station Officer,
Kawakawa Volunteer Fire Brigade
.
Te Aroha Volunteer Fire Brigade
Geoff Edwards
.
Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer,
Te Aroha Volunteer Fire Brigade
.
Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade
Dale Lindsay
.
Station Officer,
Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade
.
Tirau Volunteer Fire Brigade
Geoff Ratcliffe
.
Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer,
Tirau Volunteer Fire Brigade
.
Senior Station Officer,
Plimmerton Volunteer Fire Brigade
David Anderson .
Station Officer,
Plimmerton Volunteer Fire Brigade
53/2006
- 2032
Partnership Manager,
NHQ
Scott Sargentina 3 Jul 06
.
56/2006
- 11010
Nelson Fire District,
Arapawa Fire Region
Tim Bennion
.
Field Trainer,
Arapawa Fire Region
67/2006
Administration Support Assistant,
Eastern Fire Region
Amelda Kruger
15 Aug 06
70/2006
Bernard Rush
Hutt Fire District, Arapawa Fire Region
2 Oct 06
Ministry of Civil Defence &
Emergency Management
72/2006
Medical & Vetting Co-ordinator
(6 Month Fixed Term), NHQ
Caroline Eade
28 Aug 06
75/2006
Financial Analyst,
NHQ
Jeng Viloria
7 Aug 06
Fixed Assets Accountant,
NHQ
.
Chief Fire Officer,
Bulls Volunteer Fire Brigade
Brian Carter
.
Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Bulls
Volunteer Fire Brigade
.
Geoff Cobham
.
Third Officer,
Continued...
30
Appointments
Vacancy
Position Filled
Person
Appointed
.
Murupara Volunteer Fire Brigade
Laurence Jenner .
Senior Station Officer,
Murupara Volunteer Fire Brigade
.
Manager Operational Quality/
Resources / Deputy Chief Fire Officer,
Wanganui Fire Brigade,
Western Fire Region
Dan Coward
.
Manager Operational Quality/
Resources,
Western Fire Region
.
Risk Management Co-ordinator/
Palmerston North Fire Brigade,
Western Fire Region
Kerry Stewart
.
Risk Management Co-ordinator,
Western Fire Region
.
Station Officer,
Marton Volunteer Fire Brigade
William Down
.
Senior Firefighter,
Marton Volunteer Fire Brigade
.
Station Officer,
Tauranga Fire Brigade,
Bay/Waikato Fire Region
Roger Pickett
.
Station Officer,
Kawerau Fire Brigade,
Bay/Waikato Fire Region
73/2006
Training Administrator,
Phillipa Hickey
National Training Centre,
Professional Development Unit (PDU)
2 Oct 06
.
85/2006
Fixed Assets Accountant,
NHQ
Alison Bonnett
28 Aug 06
Asset Administrator,
NHQ
86/2006
Finance Officer Team Leader,
NHQ
Koleti Vae’au
4 Sep 06
.
Proposed
Start Date
31
Published September 2006
By the New Zealand Fire Service
Media, Promotions & Communications
National Headquarters, Wellington
www.fire.org.nz

Slip sliding away - New Zealand Fire Service

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