Spring is here, and soon it will be daylight savings, you can get a jump on your Smoke alarm checks now, and get ahead of the change of daylight time. Another quick tip as you might run out of firewood and switch to electric heating is to ensure you don’t overload plugs, multiboards or your switchboard.
Congratulations to Melissa O’Brien for completing her Qualified Firefighter (QFF) Course, and Simon Daly, Brett Townsend and Hamish Rees have all successfully completed their Senior Firefighters (SFF) Course so you will start to see them in the Officers seat to gain experience.
Our Medical First Response unit clocked up its 100th call for the year this month, and the Brigade has been keeping well occupied with both fire and medical responses with over 150 calls
Occasionally struggle with crewing our fire appliance during the day and are still looking for people who may be available daytimes to join the brigade, keep an eye out for our Open Day happening in the next couple of months, even if you can do it just while the kids are at school, you don’t have to be available all the time, you will be fully equipped with really cool gear, fully trained and get to work in a fantastic team..
The really good news is as we grow, we are needing to expand our locker space to accommodate the team, and plans are in hand to start this off.
If you are interesrted please contact our Chief Jake Hawkins directly by emailing – Jacob.hawkins@fireandemergency.nz. or better still pop on down and have a chat on Tuesday Training nights or keep an eye out for our Open Day where you can meet us and maybe even try out some of our equipment.
