A firefighter in every room

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February / March 2006 – Issue No. 17
The New Zealand Fire Service Magazine
A firefighter in every room
February / March 2006
Issue No. 17
It is produced by Media,
Promotions and Communications,
National Headquarters,
Level 9, 80 The Terrace, Wellington.
We are happy to consider ideas
for stories and features.
Front cover: Wellington SFF Shaun
Davis-Crowley on the set of the home
sprinkler commercial.
Story on page 6.
Picture: Dean Treml
Back/Inside back cover:
NC/CE Mike Hall models the NHQ
fun run T-shirt at the Wellington
‘Round the Bays fun run.
Pictures: Lance Lawson
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Fire & Rescue is the flagship
publication of the New Zealand
Fire Service.
Events Still the Boss..................................................................................................3
The Big Top has a big bottom.............................................................3
Whole lotta shakin’...................................................................................4
Awards Gold-en opportunity..................................................................................5
Cover story And...action!....................................................................................................6
Incidents
Wheelie big fire...........................................................................................8
Flipped digger...............................................................................................8
Hi-jinx hit a new low................................................................................8
Ever vigilant...................................................................................................8
A matter of luck..........................................................................................9
How much is the doggie in the willow?.........................................9
Flamin’ traffic jams.................................................................................10
How can we sleep when our sheds are burning?.................10
Shredder amputates man..................................................................11
Too many matches for Rugby Park...............................................11
Palmy’s power up in smoke...............................................................12
Double tragedy above Opiki.............................................................12
How to... Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s Superbrand!........................13
Trucks Truck heaven!.............................................................................................14
Good firefighting The fire in review.....................................................................................16
Keep learning while you’re burning...............................................17
Profile “Makin’ things happen”.......................................................................18
Terry proves his medal.........................................................................19
Issuing a challenge.................................................................................19
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UFBA Smooth sailing for UFBA Conference...........................................20
Coromandel crews clean up.............................................................21
Fun & Games She ain’t heavy..........................................................................................22
Keep on runnin’........................................................................................23
Scottie’s corner Full speed around...................................................................................24
Gazette Notices..................................................................................................26-30
Appointments....................................................................................31-34
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Events
Still the Boss
Mike Hall was reappointed chief executive / national
commander of the Fire Service last month.
Picture:
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Fire Service Commission chair Dame Margaret Bazely
says the move is an endorsement of Mike’s work since
taking over the top job in 2001.
“The commission is confident that Mike has the experience
and ability to lead the New Zealand Fire Service through
the challenges it will face in the next few years.
“The decision to reappoint Mike reflects the commission’s
confidence in him and we are very pleased he has accepted
reappointment.”
Mike Hall’s new term as chief executive and national
commander begins in May 2006.
The Big Top
has a big bottom
Wellington firefighters do their bit for the arts.
When the circus came to town recently, it was followed by
a troop of firefighters from Wellington’s central station.
Les Arts Saut, a group performing in the New Zealand
International Arts Festival, has its own six-storey tent
to perform in, and chose a spot on the waterfront to
erect it.
Pictures: SFF Da
nny Hayman
The group had heeded
the lessons of previous
performers in the
Capital and found a
way of stopping the
tent taking off in
Wellington’s notorious
breeze – weigh the thing down
with water.
Firefighters filled a massive base, rather like two giant
inner tubes, with 250 cubic metres of water – 250,000
litres – to anchor the Big Top.
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to fractured mains a third fire broke out
in the Napier inner city.
Firefighters pumped water from pools
and sumps in a desperate effort
to halt the fires but were
beaten back as water
supplies ran out.
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Pictures: Kerr y
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By 12:30pm the
whole inner city was
a blazing inferno
with firefighters and
volunteers
attempting to dig
injured people from
collapsed buildings
before the flames
arrived.
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rings a co or Barbara Arnott
mmemora
tive bell.
Trevor Brown signs the memorial book.
Issue No. 17
The Napier fires
burned for 36 ho
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in Napier.
Awards
Gold-en opportunity
Wellington SFF Craig Gold leaves this month on a firefighter’s scholarship to study specialist
rescue in a modern fire service in Canada and the United States.
He will look at urban search and
rescue (USAR), heavy rescue, building
collapse and even train wrecks.
Craig is the second recipient, after
Christchurch’s Wayne Hamilton also
travelled to North America last year,
looking at large-scale forest fires.
For Craig, whose ‘r’s give away his
Balclutha upbringing, the scholarship
is the reward for perseverance and
hard work from the time he left a job
as the control room supervisor in
Wellington to start a career as a
firefighter from the bottom.
I think USAR
in the UK could be the go.
Previous experience has taught Craig
that networking is as important as
research on these trips – contacts
from previous a trip have opened
some doors for this trip, allowing
him greater access to other fire
services.
Craig returns from the trip on April
26, and he is already hatching a plan
for another successful scholarship
application. For those who want to
get the jump on him, he has this
tip: “I think USAR in the UK could
be the go.”
In next month’s Fire & Rescue we
talk to more firefighters who have
been on scholarships – both to and
from New Zealand.
Picture: Lance Lawson
He had a shot at the 2004/05
scholarship, and re-developed his
application this time around, more
closely aligning it to scholarship
requirements.
“Plus it’s an interesting subject,
which is going to be useful to the
Fire Service here.”
Cover story
And… action!
A former rugby league captain and his family,
a plumber with a passion for fire safety and a
Wellington firefighter all contributed to the realism
of the Fire Service’s new television advertisements.
Two advertisements will be launched in June to promote the installation
of home sprinklers.
In what’s been the biggest production since the launch of the firewise
strategy a crew of 50 was involved for five days in constructing the sets
and filming the advertisements on land in Red Hills subdivision in
Papakura, Auckland.
The 45-second ad shows the damage caused in a house without
sprinkler and the same house with sprinkler. Viewers are taken back
from the house destroyed by fire, to the family living in the house, to
the house under construction and then taken forward again with
the addition of a sprinkler at construction time.
The message in this ad is that fires are fast – home
sprinklers are faster.
The league captain is Richie Barnett with wife
Carrie and children Maddison, 5, and Jay, 2.
The plumber is Jim Roskvist, who has spent
several years promoting home sprinklers in
Auckland and helped the Fire Service with
promotions.
The 20-second ad uses Wellington senior
firefighter Shaun Davis-Crowley (left), albeit
completely unrecognisable because all his protective
clothing and helmet are painted grey. In this ad a
fire starts in a dining room and a firefighter morphs out of the
ceiling and puts it out. The special effects are similar to those in
The Frighteners or Terminator II.
The end line is “home sprinklers – like having a firefighter in
every room”.
The advertisements are part of a comprehensive campaign to
encourage New Zealanders to install home sprinklers while
building a new home or doing a major renovation.
Regions will spend two months informing local industry,
territorial authorities and other relevant groups about the
campaign to ensure that when homeowners make inquiries
they get prompt and accurate information.
Other campaign tools include a kit for firefighters, an
interactive website that also features links to relevant trade
and industry websites and a public information brochure.
State is partnering with the Fire Service in this campaign and
will be offering its customers a premium discount this year.
Issue No. 17
Cover story
Incidents
Wheelie
big fire
Hi-jinx hit a new low
An isolated incident in Dunedin has soured an otherwise
promising couch-burning season.
This is all that’s left of a Hawke’s Bay
wheelie bin after it was set alight in
late February. Taradale volunteers are
getting the bin-that-will-wheel-nomore under control.
Dunedin DCFO Trevor Tilyard says
fires during orientation – when students
spend the first week or so back at
university partying – were tracking at
slightly fewer than usual, with 16 fires.
Picture: Kerry Marsh
all
However, this singed couch revealed a
sinister secret, with a
gas cylinder used in
nail guns found
inside the folded
upholstery.
Had it caught, the
cylinder could have
given student
revellers or a
Dunedin firefighter
an “O week” to
forget.
Pictures: Willowbank Fire Brigade
Flipped digger
A construction worker in Queenstown
spent two hours literally hanging
around when the digger he was
driving flipped on its head.
Fire Service personnel cut the man
out after a crane was brought in to
stabilise the teetering digger.
Tim
Picture: Southland
es
He suffered leg injuries.
Ever vigilant
Invercargill photographer
Barry Harcourt quite
possibly never sleeps –
and he certainly doesn’t
take holidays.
When Barry went to
Ohai, north-east of
Tuatapere in Southland,
to get out of the city
for a while, he took
his camera, and just
happened to capture
these images of a
rural team tackling
a scrub fire.
Pictures: Barry Harcourt
Issue No. 17
Incidents
A matter of luck
ar
Pictures: B
It’s a bit of a philosophical question: if you come off
the road and have your car impaled by a pole, but
the pole misses you completely and pins your coat
to the passenger seat, are you lucky or unlucky?
ry Harcou
rt
Invercargill firefighters can’t seem to believe it,
so maybe this driver should have bought a Lotto
ticket.
Nothing lucky about this crash, though.
Firefighters had to cut three people from
the overturned car, one of whom died at the
scene.
How much is that
doggy in the willow?
Willowbank firefighters have now officially seen
it all after being called to pull a stricken terrier
from a perch several metres up a tree.
The dog was apparently out for a
Sunday afternoon stroll in the North
Dunedin suburb of Pine Hill when it
ran out of pine and hill.
Having climbed down a bank and
along the branches of the tree, the
dog emerged so high above the
street that an aerial truck was
needed to rescue it.
After waiting an hour to be rescued,
the dog was barking mad when it
got down – but then again it was
probably barking mad in the first
place.
Pictures: Willowbank Fire Brigade
Incidents
Flamin’ traffic jams!
Well, sort of. Fires on both sides of the
Wellington motorway at Tawa in early
February forced the closure of an off ramp
just before rush hour.
A combination of a quick response from
both the Fire Service and local rural fire
authorities and calm conditions prevented
the spread of the fire in tinder-dry scrub.
Sixteen trucks and two helicopters kept the
flames at bay along Wellington’s main
arterial route, but at times the fires threatened
homes and power pylons in the area.
The fires were suspicious.
Picture: Simon Haxton / Cap
Ashburton’s volunteer
ital Community Newspape
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firefighters are feeling the
pinch after a series of late-night
fires left them burning the candle at both ends.
How can we sleep when our sheds are burning?
When Fire & Rescue spoke to CFO Alan Burgess early
this month, the brigade had racked up 99 call-outs since
January 1.
With a spate of arsons included in the fires, many of the
call-outs were at unsociable hours, leaving brigade
members without sleep as they went from their day jobs
to night fires.
ton Guardian
However, Alan says morale in the group is good.
“You get the odd tired look, but they’re happy.
irns
Picture: Ashbur
Picture: Murray Ca
“Historically, we tend to get hammered
somewhere in the year. It just so happens
that it’s come early in the year.”
Alan praises the other brigades in the MidCanterbury area for their invaluable help
in keeping the brigade functioning during
the sleepless nights.
While there are one or two “people of
interest”, no-one has yet been charged
over the arsons in the district.
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Issue No. 17
Incidents
Shredder amputates man
New Plymouth firefighters were called to what they hope will be a never-to-be-repeated
emergency when a man apparently fell into a tree shredder at the city’s refuse transfer station.
Just after midday on February 22 someone
heard the 48 year old calling for help.
A colleague cut the power to the shredder,
but was unable to free the man.
Using equipment borrowed for the task
from a specialist engineering firm, local
firefighters dismantled the shredder around
the distressed transfer station worker, while
a doctor and ambulance staff gave him
blood and oxygen.
The shredder amputated one of the man’s
legs and arms, and he subsequently lost
another leg because of the extent of his
injuries.
Picture: Taranaki Daily News
Too many matches for Rugby Park
The home of Motueka rugby got a scorching in February after a suspicious fire.
The fire was one of a number Motueka volunteers were
called to in the wee hours, leading to speculation one or
more arsonists were on the loose.
However, two boys came forward to admit playing with
matches around the time of the cold store fire and may
have unintentionally set the pallets off.
Pictures: Motue
y News / Ken
ka – Golden Ba
Horrell
As well as Rugby Park losing its ticket box to flames, a
cold store lost $30,000 worth of wooden pallets and
plastic beer trays.
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Incidents
Palmy’s power
up in smoke
atu Standard
Central Palmerston
North ground to a halt in
mid-February as the city
went without power for
several hours after a fire
in the main sub-station.
Palmerston North CFO Rodger
Calder told media the fire in the
wiring inside the 70-year-old
substation building was quickly
out, but it took hours to vent smoke
from the vicinity.
Pictures: Manaw
Sixteen firefighters attacked
the fire with dry powder and
carbon dioxide extinguishers on
February 13.
About 8000 power users were asked
to go easy on the juice for days
afterwards as power was diverted
into the central city from other
sources.
Double tragedy above Opiki
Manawatu firefighters were called to a rescue they could do little about in
February when two aviation school students in light planes apparently
crashed into each other. Both were dead before anyone could reach them.
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Issue No. 17
Picture: Manawatu Standard
The crash happened over the potato-growing heartland of Opiki, between
Shannon and Palmerston North.
How to...
Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
No! It’s SUPERBRAND!
In a world where the brand is the most
important asset some companies own,
firefighters and the Fire Service are indeed
Superbrands.
Purveyors of products know exactly how
valuable the brand of the firefighter is – and
are constantly seeking to sell their products
based on OUR brand value.
So what is brand and why should you care?
All is revealed in a new book, Firefighters’ Guide
to the Brand.
Available on the online ordering system, the
book explains why purveyors of everything
from women’s lingerie to booze, supermarkets,
fashions, appliance stores and all things in
between are constantly hammering at the door to
use firefighters, trucks and the Fire Service logo to
advertise their wares.
There are billions of dollars behind brands such as
Fonterra and Coca-Cola.
So make no mistake, though the Fire Service has
not put a $ figure on its brand yet, it is incredibly
valuable and advertisers jolly well know it.
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Flame Ba
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Chilli
& Lime
Firefighters’ Guide to the Brand explains how you
can help protect your brand, and your reputation,
when the ad agencies or TV companies come
calling at the fire station.
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Trucks
Truck heaven
Fire Stations from Kaitaia to Invercargill are set to get a shiny new
(or nearly new) truck as the country’s fleet is overhauled.
New Type 2, Type 3, Type 4 and Type 5 trucks are
rolling off the production line and into service.
Kaitaia
New T2 – expected June 06
Whangarei
New T4 – expected October 06
The prototype of the Type 2 Ivecos, being
developed at SPEL in Upper Hutt was on display
at the UFBA conference at Auckland recently.
The map shows where the new trucks will go, as
well the trucks they replace. What it doesn’t show
are the dozens of other truck movements as newer
trucks filter down from station to
station.
Fleet manager Graeme Bidois
says some of the new deliveries
set off a chain of reallocations –
too numerous to include on this
map – with trucks generally
staying within a region.
New Plymouth
New T4 – in service
Hawera
New T2 – expected April 06
Wanganui
Blenheim
Takaka
Reallocated T2 – expected April 06
Ashburton
Timaru
Tauranga
Mt Maunganui
New T4 – crew training
See Auckland
area inset map
Te Awamutu
New T2 – expected
September 06
Hamilton
New T3 – expected
February 07
Chartwell
Te Kuiti
Reallocated T2 –
expected September 06
Rotorua
New T4 – expected
August 06
Tokoroa
New T2 – expected
June 06
Edgecombe
Reallocated T2
– expected June 06
Kawerau
Reallocated T3
– in service
Napier
New T4 – expected
April 06
Gisborne
New T4 – expected
November 07
See Wellington
area inset map
Greytown
New T2 – expected soon
Masterton
Reallocated T3
– expected October 06
Carterton
Reallocated T2
– expected soon
Christchurch
New T3 – in service;
New T4 – training
Rangiora
New Brighton
Reallocated T3 – in service
Palmerston North
New T4 – expected July 07
Dannevirke
Waipukarau
New T2 – expected July 06
Woodville
Reallocated T2 – expected
June 06
Type 2
Type 3
Type 4
Invercargill
Gore
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Issue No. 17
Type 5
Reallocated
Trucks
Lower Hutt
Wellington
New T3 – expected
October 06
Brooklyn
Thorndon
New T5 – expected
April 06
Takapuna
New T4 – expected
September 07
February 07
Birkenhead
April 07
East Coast Bays
August 06
Kumeu
New T2 – expected
August 06
Type 5
Auckland City
New T3 – in service;
Reallocated T5 – expected soon
Parnell
New T3 – expected Dec 06
Ponsonby
New T3 – expected March 07
Balmoral
Howick
Mt Roskill
December 06
Henderson
New T4 – expected
January 08
Mangere
Papatoetoe
New T3 – expected February 07
Onehunga
Replacement T3 – expected March 07
Type 2
Pictures: courtesy of John Sutherland, Iain Butler and Graeme Bidois
Johnsonville
Realloacted T3 – expected soon
Type 5
Type 5
Type 2
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Good firefighting
The fire in review
By national manager operational
standards Brian Davey
Picture: Kerry Marshall
The last few issues of
Fire & Rescue have featured
a number of large fires.
The National Commander’s
operational instructions
require us to learn from
these events by conducting
operational reviews.
The first step in identifying a learning
opportunity is the operational debrief,
where participating crews are able to
meet and discuss the incident, take a
critical look at what went right, what
could have been done better and what
should be changed.
Operational reviews are the next
stage and, ideally, any findings from
the debrief should be given as an
input into the review.
At the completion of the review, a
report is written that reaches a
number of conclusions.
The sponsor then has the task of
using the conclusions to develop a
corrective action plan that enables
us to turn these into improvement
opportunities, for example in training,
revised procedures, (operational
instructions) or data stored in ICAD.
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phase of command and control where
incident action plans need to be
developed.
We are using these findings to improve
the way we operate.
Greater alarms should be used instead
of “make pumps” in almost every
situation where an incident is
escalating and more appliances are
required.
Regions have developed appliance
responses lists, including specials and
notifications, (senior officer, support
agencies etc) for alarm levels one to
five and when “make pumps” is used
information is not identified in the
communications centres because the
responses are individually selected
appliances and collectively these are
not linked to all the other information.
From the 26 operations reviews
conducted during 2004-05 we
discovered there were two main areas
for improvement.
Often “make pumps” has been used
because people are not aware of the
preplanning that has gone into ensuring
that appropriate resources are
despatched and notifications made.
One is the wide use of “make pumps”
instead of greater alarms and the
other is a poor understanding of the
When a greater alarm is made, it should
be associated with the development of
an incident action plan.
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This plan, in the initial stages can be
a mental picture developed by the
incident controller of what will be
needed to control the incident and
how they will be used. As the incident
develops and more resources are
required, command may change,
more detail of strategy and tactics
will be needed, and incident ground
safety becomes more important.
The need for a more formal plan is
essential.
This should mean that it can no longer
be kept in the incident controller’s
head, it should be committed to paper,
even as brief notes, and used to brief
sector commanders and staff in
supporting roles.
There is a clear link between having
a plan and calling for additional
resources.
So what are we doing?
Operational Instruction, National
Commander’s Instruction No 3 has
been rewritten to align with vector
command training and to make
more effective use of the technology
that will come out with the new
hazmat command vehicles later
this year.
Included in this will be a review of
the greater alarm system and a
recommendation to standardise
responses for pump appliances, with
specials related to the incident type.
Good firefighting
We all know that the suppression and control of vegetation fires can be dangerous unless
proper safety precautions are understood and practiced at all times.
Keep learning while you’re burning
By National Rural Fire Authority resources and development manager Ian Millman
We must continually reinforce that the prime responsibility
of all firefighting personnel is the safety and welfare of
themselves and others, and that it is essential to be aware
of current and potential fire behaviour and adhere to the
associated safety precautions.
The news media have captured numerous events this
summer showing firefighters in potentially dangerous
situations at vegetation fires, for example being in unburnt
vegetation adjacent to an intense burning fire perimeter.
While such events may not have resulted in a near
miss or an injury, these actions often lead to continual
bad practice, which in turn leads to being caught out
sooner or later. It is better to avoid a flare-up than be
part of it!
Remember, it is often not the large and raging vegetation
fires that seriously injure or kill firefighters, but the
small and seemingly innocuous fires. Several overseas
studies have found four “common denominators” of fire
behaviour on tragedy fires:
1. Most incidents happen on smaller fires or on isolated
portions of larger fires
2. Fires respond quickly to shifts in wind direction or
wind speed
3. Flare-ups generally occur in deceptively light fuels
4. Fires run uphill surprisingly fast
A fifth common denominator that has recently been
suggested is the effect of aerial suppression operations on
fire behaviour. There will be many firefighters around the
country that have witnessed flaring up of fires from
helicopter rotor wash.
If these common denominators are not noted and learned
from and preventive actions are not taken, then firefighters
are at risk of serious injury, irrespective of the level of
protective clothing and/or delivery hose on hand.
Remember the LACES acronym?
Lookout
Anchor point and awareness
Communications
Escape routes
Safety zone
Recalling these five basic points on the fireline may save
your butt! The LACES concept is a good way of recalling
all the points in the dangerous situations and fire orders
covered in your basic protect personal safety at vegetation
fires training.
To remind you of these points, pocket cards containing
the “dangerous situations to watch out for”, “10 standard
firefighting orders” and “LACES” are available from the
NRFA. Get one and keep it in your top pocket, refer to it
and keep safe!
So please be careful out there, take note of those
potentially dangerous situations and respond on the side
of caution. Keep one foot in the black, have an escape
route and always work from an anchor point. Remember
it’s better to recognise a dangerous situation in advance,
stand back and observe or even take a photo (a record of
your safe actions), than to be caught by a rapidly
advancing fire.
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Profile
“Makin’ things happen”
Stan Dulieu looks at the active role of a regional rural fire committee
Miss a meeting of the Manawatu Wanganui Regional
Rural Fire Committee and you just might receive a “please
explain” letter. After all, the committee views itself as a
“mutual assistance” group and, like the Three Musketeers,
it’s a case of “one for all and all for one”.
Over the past few years the committee has put in place
several initiatives, which have benefited not only individual
members but also the community as a whole.
The RIMT
Playing with the choppers
Chairman Noel Mingins says the most notable
achievement of the committee is its Regional
Incident Management Team (RIMT).
The regional committee is also instrumental in
organising various training days for firefighters
throughout its area.
“The team is made up of some 20 personnel, who
fill 15 specialist roles looking after such things
as incident control, communications, resources,
planning and intelligence, air attack, GIS, and fire
behaviour.”
A training exercise held on the Raumai Bombing
Range, south of Bulls, afforded attendees the
opportunity of working in and around helicopters
when involved in firefighting activities.
“The team regularly comes together for training
exercises and has been assisted in building up its
expertise by members of the national incident
management teams who attended sessions held at
Palmerston North and Feilding.”
The team is activated by regional rural fire manager
John Rasmussen who has the comcens generate a
pager message out to members.
With some fire authorities having limited personnel,
it is comforting to know that the RIMT is waiting in
the wings, ready to step in and assist at very short
notice.
The three aircraft taking part were a RNZAF
Iroquois, a HeliPro BK117 and a Rangitikei
Helicopters MD 520N.
While the fun part of the day may have been the
rides in the choppers, the hard work came when the
firefighters practiced their monsoon bucket-filling
technique.
A really “cool” job when you have a helicopter
hovering just a few metres above your head.
Ninety-six personnel were present, representing
Rural Fire Forces, the Fire Service and various
forestry companies.
The training day was considered a great success and
hopefully will be followed by many more.
Pictures: Stan Dulieu
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Issue No. 17
Profile
Terry proves his medal
Maria Cowan takes a closer look at lifelong volunteer Terry Houghton
“Is your service uniform up to scratch
Terry?”
feels about the honour: “Yeah, I’m
quite chuffed.”
This cheeky question is from at
least two of CFO Terry Houghton’s
colleagues in the Kaitaia Volunteer
Fire Brigade during our interview.
Terry Houghton first joined the
volunteer fire fighting ranks in his
hometown of Thames in 1952, along
with twin brother Laurie.
“Yeah, not a problem but I may have
to put a bit of elbow grease into my
shoes,” laughs the 74 year old.
Throughout his career, which
included stints as a faults man and an
electrician, Terry remained a
volunteer for the Fire Service, with
the exception of a five year hiatus
while he worked at Ngatea, which
did not have a brigade.
Terry’s wardrobe is under scrutiny
because, in recognition of 47 years
service as a volunteer firefighter
he will be officially presented with
a Queen’s Service Medal by Her
Excellency the Governor General at
Government House on March 23.
Appropriately, the award comes
i m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r Vo l u n t e e r
Awareness Week, an occasion which
Terry embodies to perfection.
Kaitaia folk are not inclined to blow
their own trumpets, nor are they
prone to over-emotion, so in much
the same way that he quietly
confirmed the condition of the service
uniform Terry also reveals how he
Upon moving to the Far North 28 years
ago, Terry joined the Kaitaia crew.
Today he leads a team of more than 30
volunteers. Northland Region volunteer
support officer Colin Kitchen describes
him as “a great team leader who draws
the best out of his team”, and he credits
Terry in huge part for the strong
membership of the brigade.
Colin says he knows only too well
the total commitment and dedication
that Terry has unselfishly given in the
true spirit of a volunteer.
ge
orthland A
Picture: N
Terry goes quiet again. Modesty grips
him; he is clearly not comfortable
with praise or attention.
Although he already has an array of
medals and awards from almost five
decades as a volunteer firefighter it’s
a given that when Terry Houghton
QSM receives his latest medal from
the Governor General in March, it
will be a significant moment in his
life. And no doubt his service uniform
will be newly cleaned, pressed and up
to scratch for the occasion.
Issuing a challenge
Pictures: courtesy of Peter Henson
Central North Island forest managers acknowledge experience but call for an injection of youth.
National Rural Fire Authority eastern
& central manager Paul Baker told a
gathering of experienced rural fire
volunteers in Turangi that with the
average age of volunteers at 43 in
Eastern and 48 in Bay/Waikato there
was an urgent need to recruit and
retain younger faces.
The occasion was the presentation
of awards for service, and with the
18 recipients having 306 years of
dedicated service between them, they
rather proved Paul’s point.
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UFBA
Smooth
sailing
for UFBA
Conference
The annual meeting of delegates went
without a hitch, says out-going president
Brian Schimanski.
Team Whitianga.
The United Fire Brigades Association
annual conference ran from February
24 to 28 at Sky City in Auckland.
As well as the formal proceedings,
there was a parade on Sunday
morning and a road crash rescue
challenge on Friday and Saturday.
Brian’s last occasion as president was,
he says, a low key affair.
“I don’t think there were too many
surprises. People had a while to
consider what was going forward.”
The lack of a surprise in the remits
and a leaning towards generous
amounts of debate on Brian’s part led
to a consensus being reached on
contentious competition formats.
“The majority are supporting changes
to advance and move forward the
waterways competitions and to
modernise the rules, but there was
some pretty good debate.”
Peter Guard now takes over as
president, with Brian moving into the
role of immediate past president.
The victorious Thames team.
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Issue No. 17
Pictures: Brendon
O’ Hagan
Next month we talk to the new UFBA
president Peter Guard and reveal the
Sportsperson of the Year.
UFBA
Coromandel
crews clean up
If you’re going to have a serious accident, it might
pay to do it on the Coromandel Peninsula.
Coromandel teams managed a one-two in the
recent national road crash rescue competition
staged at the beginning of the UFBA conference.
The men in black from Thames pipped their east
coast counterparts Whitianga for the trophy.
Pictures: Brendon O’Hagan
Whitianga CFO Merv George, who wasn’t
part of the team, despaired at another
bridesmaid showing – its fifth in a row
– but the team can take great heart
from its performance.
Thames meanwhile rolls on
from its strong showing at the
Australasian and World Crash
Rescue Challenge performances
in Mystery Creek in October.
Apiti, an amalgamated team
from small Manawatu
brigades, took out
the spirit of the
competition
award.
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Fun & Games
She ain’t heavy...
A Christchurch couple took on the ancient sport of
wife carrying in Auckland on Valentine’s Day.
A radio station organised the third
annual national running of the
sport – popular in countries like
Finland and Estonia – in February.
Competitors carry their life partner
over obstacles and finally through a
water course.
Challenging the best spouse-hoisters
New Zealand has to offer (plus TV
sports personality Hamish Mackay
and his “stunt wife” Peggy Bourne)
were Richard and Monique HurstLong. Richard is a qualified firefighter
in the garden city.
They did not disgrace themselves, finishing second behind
Aucklanders Alistair and Julia
Haywood.
Richard says his tip for future
competitors would be to get in
early. “The tide was coming in
and as each person went in it
got higher. It was way over my
waist when we went in.
The champion lady-lifter
received the traditional prize
– his wife’s weight in beer.
Richard and
Monique do
it tough.
Pictures: Dean Treml
Kay
h Mac
Hamis “stunt wife”
carries Bourne.
Peggie
SPORTS
COUNCIL
Event Calendar
2006
2006 National Squash
Tournament
New Plymouth • March 24 – 26, 2006
Contact: Sam Bennett or Rachael Lind
at NP fire station
National Surfriding champs
New Plymouth • March 26 – 30, 2006
Contact: Allan Pidwell
Entry form online
Email: [email protected]
Entry forms and contacts for some events are available online at Firenet or fire.org.nz
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Issue No. 17
Fun & Games
NHQ and Arapawa staff destroyed the myth that
sitting behind a desk makes you podgy in the annual
Round The Bays fun run in Wellington recently.
Keep on runnin’
Organised by a health and safety
committee headed by national safety
& wellbeing manager Ballan Pillay,
the event was a chance for Fire Service
staff to involve their families in a
work-based initiative.
The most unusual addition to the
usual running gear was special
operations “ninja” Jim StuartBlack, who ran with a light-weight
BA on his back.
All up, 67 people took up the
challenge of the 7km run, walk or
jog from Frank Kitts Park on the
waterfront to Kilbirnie Park in the
eastern suburbs, with the majority
kitted out in specially-designed
T-shirts.
Pictures: Lance Lawson
Region 3 & 4 Golf Tournament
Palmerston North • April 3, 2006
Contact: Warren Dunn
International Gamefish
Tournament – Russell
Wellington Provincial Driving
Championships
Bay of Islands • April 7 & 8, 2006
Contact: Geoff Hindle
Fielding • April 12, 2006
Contact: Collie Law
To list your sporting event on this space please send details to: [email protected]
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Full speed around
Clyde volunteers were literally given the run-around by a runabout on Lake
Dunstan in late January.
A boat circled the lake with no-one at the helm for 40 minutes until one of the
enterprising vollies was able to jump aboard and bring it under control.
A man who helped the boat’s owner ashore said it appeared he had hooked the
throttle while casting from the boat. He was then thrown overboard.
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Issue No. 17
By order of the Fire Service Commission
Notices
pages 26–30
Appointments
pages 31–34
Notices for the Fire Service Gazette should
be emailed to: [email protected]
Fire Service Gazette
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Notices
Notices
Notice No: 65/2006 Len Doughty Fellowship
Applications are sought for the next Len Doughty Fellowship. This fellowship aims to further the strategic
objective of the Fire Service Commission to reduce the incidence and consequence of fire and to provide a
professional response to other emergencies.
The fellowship, valued at $20,000, allows candidates to travel overseas and undertake research or study to up
to one month on a nominated subject that meets the fellowship’s aims. This can be extended with the Fire
Service Commission’s approval.
Alternatively the fellowship can be used for secondment to an overseas Fire Service, or another organisation, to
gain first hand experience of innovations relevant to the New Zealand Fire Service.
The fellowship aims to promote service to the community, excellence across the Fire Service, best practice and
personal commitment. It also encourages the personal development of candidates to give them the
opportunity to study overseas, the potential to research world best practice and publish their findings.
The fellowship is open to applications from all Fire Service staff and volunteers who have the potential to make
a contribution to the Fire Service in line with the fellowship’s aims.
Applications close on 30 June 2006.
Contact Charlie Dickson for an information sheet on the application process.
Phone 04 496 3640
[email protected]
Notice No: 66 / 2006 Compartment Fire Attack- Pulsed Fire Suppression Technique
In 2002 a Gazette notice was issued by the National Commander prohibiting the use of the method of
suppression known as the “pulsed fire suppression technique”.
With the Whyte Island facilities in Queensland being used for selected training courses and the introduction of
container fire behaviour facilities at the National Training Centre, Rotorua, it is time to review this notice and
clarify the New Zealand Fire Service position.
The pulsed suppression technique is incorporated into fire behaviour training to assist in the understanding of the
physics of fire. It is not being taught as a fire attack method at this time and should not be used as such until a
formal compartment fire attack training programme has been introduced into the New Zealand Fire Service.
Further, all training using this technique is only to be conducted by approved trainers in approved facilities.
At present the only approved facility in New Zealand is the National Training Centre, Rotorua. A further facility
is due to be established in Auckland in the near future.
Mike Hall
Chief Executive/National Commander
Notice No: 67/2006 New Policy: POLHR 1.3 Employee Transfer Policy
An amended Employee Transfer [Expenses] Policy has been approved by the NZFS Commission following the
standard consultation process. The new policy is available to all personnel on FireNet.
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Notices
Notice No: 68/2006 Australasian Fire Brigades Golf Championships
The 30th Australasian Fire Brigades Golf Tournament is to be held at Adelaide, South Australia at the
Grange Golf Course.
Itinerary:
Sunday 29 Oct Monday 30 Oct
Tuesday 31 Oct
Wednesday 1 Nov
Thursday 2 Nov
Friday 3 Nov
-
Welcome Night Grange Golf Club
18 holes Stableford
18 holes Ambrose
Day out
1st Round Stroke play
2nd round Stroke play & Presentation Evening
Anyone interested can contact me at
Red Watch
Rotorua Fire Station 07 348 3197
Home
07 347 2252
[email protected]
Notice No: 69/2006 Firefighters’ Scholarship Award
The recipient of the 2005/06 Firefighters’ Scholarship is Senior Firefighter Craig Gold, Wellington District.
The scholarship will be used to study the operation of specialist crews within modern fire services in the
United States and Canada.
Notice No: 70/2006 2006 New Zealand Fire Service Rugby Tournament
The 2006 National Fire Service Rugby 15 aside,10 aside Social Grade and the Golden Oldies Tournament is to
be held in Dunedin on Friday 15 & Saturday 16 September 2006.
Tournament open to all NZFS members and their immediate families.
For information visit FireNet/Sports/Rugby or contact:
Peter Leckie
Work 03 489 7999
Home 03 477 4806
Cell 021 137 6616
[email protected]
Correction to Notice No: 59
The surname of the following recipient of the New Zealand Fire Brigades’ Long Service and Good Conduct
Medal was published incorrectly. Accordingly, the amended notice is published below.
New Zealand Fire Brigades
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
RANK
FORENAMES
SURNAME
FIRE REGION
BRIGADE
Senior Firefighter
Geoffrey Walker
Toms
Southern
Frankton
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Notices
Notice No: 71/2006 National Training Schedule
COURSE NAME
DATES
VENUE
CLOSING
DATE
COURSE
NO.
NOTE
February
Fire Investigation 3
13-17 February
2006
RNZ Police
College
Closed
NCC7716
Basic Instructional
Techniques
13-17 February
2006
Christchurch
Closed
NTP7737
Precourse to be
completed prior
to acceptance
March
Officer 1
13-24 March 2006
Brisbane
Closed
NCP7717
Basic Instructional
Techniques
27-31 March 2006
Rotorua
Closed
NBP7738
Precourse to be
completed prior
to acceptance
Precourse to be
completed prior
to acceptance
April
Accident
Investigation and
Operation Review
3-7 April 2006
Wellington
Postponed
NAP7736
4098 Workplace
Assessor
5-7 April 2006
Hamilton
3 February
2006
NBP7745
May
Vol. Officer 1
8-19 May 2006
Brisbane
Closed
NCV7718
Fire Investigation 2
15-19 May 2006
RNZ Police
College
17 March
2006
NCC7719
Basic Instructional
Techniques
15-19 May 2006
Auckland
17 March
2006
NAP7739
June
Vol. Officer 1
29 May - 9 June
2006
Brisbane
Closed
NCV7740
Officer 1
19-30 June 2006
Brisbane
9 April 2006
NCP7741
8 May 2006
NCP7742
6 June 2006
NCP7743
4 July 2006
NCV7744
July
Officer 1
Tentative
Brisbane
17-28 July 2006
August
Officer 1
Tentative
Brisbane
14-25 August 2006
September
Vol. Officer 1
Tentative
11-22 Sept 2006
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Brisbane
Precourse to be
completed prior
to acceptance
Notices
Notice No: 72/2006 Western Region Training Schedule
COURSE NAME
DATES
VENUE
TAPS Recruit FF Programme
7 day Course *
TAPS Qualified FF Programme
2-8 April
Wanganui
CLOSING
DATE
24 February
4 & 5, 18 & 19 March
To be advised
3 February
TAPS Senior FF Programme
6 & 7, 20 & 21 May
To be advised
24 March
TAPS Officer Course (Note 6)
10 & 11, 24 & 25 June
To be advised
28 April
Wanganui
7 April
Volunteer Executive Officer Course 19-22 May
COURSE NAME
DATES
MANAWATU/
HOROWHENUA
Basic Skills
11,12 & 25 February
TAPS Recruit
Firefighter
Programme
Courses *
First Aid – Grade 2 (Note 1)
26 February
Breathing Apparatus – Grade 2
11 & 12 March
Realistic Live Fire Training
(RFTB) - Wanganui
26 March
COURSE NAME
DATES
TARANAKI
Basic Skills
TAPS Recruit
Firefighter
Programme
Courses *
18 & 19 February
& 4 March
5 March
18 & 19 March
(RFTB) - Wanganui
2 April
COURSE NAME
DATES
RUAPEHU/
RANGITIKEI
Basic Skills
29 & 30 April & 13 May
TAPS Recruit
Firefighter
Programme
Courses *
14 May
27 & 28 May
(RFTB) - Wanganui
11 June
CLOSING
DATE
13 January
COURSE
NO.
RWV
4638
RWV
4659
RWV
4660
RWV
4661
RWV
4662
COURSE
NO.
RWV
4663
RWV
4664
RWV
4665
RWV
4666
CLOSING
DATE
20 January
COURSE
NO.
RWV
4667
RWV
4668
RWV
4669
RWV
4670
CLOSING
DATE
17 March
COURSE
NO.
RWV
4671
RWV
4672
RWV
4673
RWV
4674
Continued over ...
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Notices
... Continued
COURSE
DATES
VENUE
CLOSING
COURSE NO.
First Aid – Grade 1
27 & 28 May
10 & 11 June
24 & 25 June
Manawatu
Nth Taranaki
Ruapehu
13 April
28 April
12 May
RWV 4675
RWV 4676
RWV 4677
First Aid – Grade 2/Refresher
(Brigade Refresher) (Note 1)
25 February
4 March
1 April
2 April
13 May
Manawatu
Nth Taranaki
Manawatu
Horowhenua
Ruapehu
20 January
3 February
17 February
17 February
31 March
RWV 4678
RWV 4679
RWV 4680
RWV 4681
RWV 4682
2 April
17 February
RWV 4683
29 April
Ruapehu /
Rangitikei
Taranaki
17 March
RWV 4684
Motor Vehicle Accident
Pump Rescue Tender (Note 3)
18 & 19 February
25 & 26 March
Ruapehu
Sth Taranaki
13 January
10 February
RWV 4685
RWV 4686
Precourse Issued
Manawatu
Precourse Issued
Rangitikei
Precourse Issued
Horowhenua
Precourse Issued
Nth Taranaki
13 January
RWV 4687
27 January
RWV 4688
Pump Operator (Note 4)
13 February
25 & 26 March
27 February
8 & 9 April
20 March
29 & 30 April
18 April
27 & 28 May
3 February
RWV 4689
17 March
RWV 4690
25 March
1 April
Horowhenua
Sth Taranaki
10 February
17 February
RWV 4691
RWV 4692
2 April
Nth Taranaki
17 February
RWV 4693
10 June
Rangitikei
28 April
RWV 4694
18 March
19 March
Horowhenua
Manawatu
3 February
3 February
RWV 4695
RWV 4696
8 April
Rangitikei
24 February
RWV 4697
9 April
Ruapehu
24 February
RWV 4698
29 April
Nth Taranaki
17 March
RWV 4699
30 April
Sth Taranaki
17 March
RWV 4700
Motor Vehicle Accident
Pump Response (Note 2)
Realistic Live Fire Training (RFTB)
- Wanganui
Brigade Training Officer/
Co-ordinator
30
Appointments
Appointments
Vacancy
Position Filled
Person
Appointed
James Walker
Proposed
Start Date
28 Nov-05
Previous Position Held
.
Chief Fire Officer,
Wyndham Fire District
.
Deputy Chief Fire Officer,
Levin Fire District
Carl Beissel
.
Station Officer, Levin
Volunteer Fire Brigade
.
Gordon Smith
28 Nov-05
Station Officer, Wyndham
.
Officer In Charge & Senior
Station Officer, Patutahi
Peter Hair
.
Station Officer, Patutahi
.
Senior Station Officer,
Takaka Volunteer Fire Brigade
Allen Reid
.
Station Officer, Takaka
.
Station Officer,
Patutahi Volunteer Fire Brigade
Mark
Armstrong
.
Senior Firefighter, Patutahi
.
Station Officer,
Patutahi Volunteer Fire Brigade
Neville Jenkins
.
Senior Firefighter, Patutahi
.
Station Officer,
Takaka Volunteer Fire Brigade
Ricky Duff
.
Senior Firefighter, Takaka
118/2005
- 2044
Director Technology
Development, Chief Executive’s
Office, NHQ
Russell Wood
14 Nov-05
Chief Fire Officer, Auckland
City East Fire District,
Auckland Fire Region
129/2005
Station Officer,
Palmerston North Fire District,
Western Fire Region
Richard Harley
5 Dec-05
Senior Firefighter,
Palmerston North Fire
Brigade
136/2005
- 3100
Operations Manager,
Craig Daily
Central Communications Centre
12 Dec-05
Shift Manager, Northern
Communications Centre
139/2005
Firefighter, New Plymouth Fire
District, Western Fire Region
Rudi den
Hartog
Dec-05
Senior Firefighter,
St Heliers Fire Brigade
155/2005
- 3037
HR Consultant, National
Headquarters (Auckland Based)
Shabana Koya
9 Jan-05
HR Consultant, Wellington
.
Chief Fire Officer,
Arapawa Fire Region
Peter Bean
.
Chief Fire Officer,
Hutt Fire District (Held in
conjunction)
.
Chief Fire Officer,
Bay/Waikato Fire Region
Ron Devlin
.
Chief Fire Officer,
Tauranga Fire District
(Held in conjunction)
.
Chief Fire Officer,
Manapouri Fire District
Mike Kelly
.
Deputy Chief Officer,
31
Appointments
32
Vacancy
Position Filled
Person
Appointed
Proposed
Start Date
.
Chief Fire Officer,
James Walker
.
.
Paul Ridder
.
Station Officer, Manapouri
.
Pleasant Point Fire District
John Cross
.
Pleasant Point Volunteer
Fire Brigade
.
Gordon Smith
.
.
Kerikeri Fire District
Les Wasson
.
Station Officer, Kerikeri
.
Station Officer,
Kaitaia Volunteer Fire Brigade
Ross Beddows
.
Station Officer, Hikurangi
125/2005
Firefighter, Tauranga Fire
Robert
Brigade, Bay/Waikato Fire Region Pinkerton
.
Firefighter, Kawerau Fire
Brigade
125/2005
Firefighter, Tauranga Fire
Shayne Nelson
Brigade, Bay/Waikato Fire District
.
Firefighter, Kawerau Fire
Brigade
137/2005
- 3024
Capital Projects Accountant,
National Headquarters
138/2005
Station Officer, Kawerau Fire
Warren Flay
Brigade, Bay/Waikato Fire Region
143/2005
Administration Assistant,
Teresa McDivitt 15 Dec-05
.
162/2005
- 3252
Systems Administrator,
Andrew Dibble 1 Dec-05
Casual Administrator,
NHQ IT
77/2005
Station Officer, Hamilton Fire
Geoff Gray
Brigade, Bay/Waikato Fire Region
.
Chief Fire Officer,
Opunake Fire District
Rodney Woods .
Station Officer, Opunake
.
Akaroa Fire District
Mark Thomson
.
Station Officer, Akaroa
.
Oakura Fire District
Matt Crabtree
.
Station Officer, Oakura
126/2005
- 2007
Manager IT Strategy,
Chris Juriss
9 Feb-06
.
144/2005
Training Officer,
Western Fire Region
Peter Reinhard
9 Jan-06
Senior Fire Fighter,
Palmerston North Fire
District
145/2005
Station Officer, Auckland City
Central Fire District, Auckland
Fire Region
Alban Osborne .
148/2005
Station Officer, North Shore Fire Martin
District, Auckland Fire Region
Campbell
Vyvette Najbert 19 Dec-05
.
15 Aug-05
.
.
Station Officer,
Rotorua Fire Brigade
Senior Firefighter,
Hamilton Fire Brigade
Senior Firefighter,
Waitakere City Fire District
Station Officer, Auckland
City East Fire District
Appointments
Vacancy
Position Filled
148/2005
Proposed
Start Date
Station Officer, North Shore Fire Paul Turner
District, Auckland Fire Region
.
Station Officer, Auckland
City Central Fire District
150/2005
Station Officer, Dunedin Fire
District, Southern Fire Region
Phil Marsh
29 Nov-05
Senior Firefighter, Dunedin
Fire Brigade
151/2005
Mark Leonard
29 Nov-05
Senior Firefighter, Dunedin
Fire Brigade
152/2005
Brent Foster
28 Nov-05
Senior Firefighter,
Dunedin Fire Brigade
153/2005
- 7001
Manager, Engineering Unit,
(Auckland Based)
Simon Davis
1 Dec-05
Manager, Engineering Unit
(Seconded)
154/2005
Reference Data Administrator,
Tania McCoard
4 Jan-06
.
166/2005
- 3112
Communicator,
David Barham
Central Communications Centre
14 Jan-06
Communicator, Southern
171/2005
- 2036
Levy & Internal Auditor, National Headquarters
Christian
Wengler
9 Jan-06
Revenue Analyst, NHQ
Finance
135/2005
Volunteer Support Officer,
Southern Fire Region
Jamie Ramsay
9 Jan-06
.
175/2005
- 2011
Senior Advisor, Leadership &
Organisational Development,
Gail Aitkenhead TBA
Manager HR Services,
82/2005
Health & Safety Advisor,
Garry Price
.
.
.
Station Officer,
Bulls Volunteer Fire Brigade
Stave Burton
.
Senior Firefighter,
Bulls Volunteer Fire Brigade
.
Chief Fire Officer,
Kaingaroa Fire District
Serena
Grootjans
.
Deputy Chief Fire Officer
.
Havelock Fire District
Peter le
Cheminant
.
Firefighter
.
Officer In Charge, Gisborne
Volunteer Brigade
Jeff Pinfold
.
Station Officer,
Gisborne Volunteer Brigade
.
Station Officer, Gisborne
Volunteer Brigade
Wayne Kerr
.
Senior Firefighter,
Gisborne Volunteer Brigade
.
Station Officer, Waitarere Beach
Stephen Bailey
.
Senior Firefighter, Waitarere
Beach Volunteer Fire Brigade
142/2005
Senior Station Officer, Gisborne
District, Eastern Fire Region
Peter Carroll
5 Mar-06
Fire Safety Officer
157/2005
Pou Takawaenga Maori/Maori
Liaison Officer, Arapawa &
Western Regions
Te Aorangi
Harrington
30 Jan-06
.
Person
Appointed
33
Appointments
34
Vacancy
Position Filled
Person
Appointed
Proposed
Start Date
160/2005
- 3031B
Communicator (Part-time),
Northern Communications
Centre
Deborah Scott
TBA
Business Co-ordinator,
Auckland Training Centre
163/2005
- 3128
Shift Manager,
Centre
Jaron Phillips
16 Jan-06
Senior Communicator,
Centre
186/2005
- 3006
Principal HR Consultant,
Michelle
Richards
30 Jan-06
.
191/2005
- 3173
Communicator, Southern
Paul Sinclair
9 Jan-06
.
168/2005
Firefighter, Wanganui Fire District, Shane Dudley
Western Fire Region
.
Firefighter,
Arapawa Fire Region
172/2005
Firefighter, Kawerau Fire District,
Michael Smith
.
Senior Firefighter, Manakau
172/2005
Firefighter, Kawerau Fire District,
Dion Jenkins
.
Firefighter,
Auckland City East
173/2005
- 2020
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7 Feb-06
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Auckland Region
164/2005
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Blenheim Volunteer Brigade
Scott
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Firefighter,
Blenheim Volunteer Brigade .
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Blenheim Volunteer Brigade
Sean Price
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Barry Ross
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Waihi Beach Volunteer
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171/2005
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Northland Fire Region
Norleen Slack
20 Feb-06
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180/2005
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Mark Tinworth
TBA
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Hamilton Fire District
187/2005
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Arapawa Fire Region
Tony Gibbs
10 Feb-06
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188/2005
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Arapawa Fire Region
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10 Feb-06
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189/2005
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Arapawa Fire Region
Craig Gold
10 Feb-06
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190/2005
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Arapawa Fire Region
Trevor Tofts
10 Feb-06
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Alan McNeill
7 Mar-06
Volunteer Support Officer
Southern Region
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10 Apr-06
Fire Safety Officer,
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