Following Cyclone Gabrielle, some Fire Brigade families in Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa, Tairawhiti, and Auckland have lost homes, businesses, personal belongings, and irreplaceable memories.
Recognising the generous commitment that our members make to communities every day and the current cost-of-living crisis, the UFBA and McFall Fuel Limited have established a partnership to benefit UFBA members.
We have been closely working with Government, and last week informed some of the new Ministers about the UFBA, its relevance and the value of all our membership to the communities of Aotearoa New Zealand.
It has been a challenging week for us all, in many ways.
The devastation of the deaths of Craig Stevens and Dave van Zwanenberg, two volunteer firefighters from the Muriwai Volunteer Fire Brigade, is felt deeply throughout the UFBA and our nation.
Aroha nui members, we are devastated to be sharing this news with you.
The volunteer firefighter from Muriwai Volunteer Fire Brigade, who was rescued from the landslide and taken to hospital in critical condition has now passed.
It is with immense sadness to we share with you that we have been informed by FENZ that the body found earlier today has been confirmed as the missing volunteer firefighter from Muriwai Volunteer Fire Brigade.
We would like to share with members this message of support we received from Mark Chubb, Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Fire Engineers International (UK) and an Executive Member of the Institute of Fire Engineers, USA Branch.
Today, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. Barbara Edmonds MP, after only being in the job for one week, prioritised coming into the UFBA office today in support of members and to meet with Peter & Bill.
She would like to pass this message on to all of our members.
The United Fire Brigades’ Association (UFBA) wishes to thank all emergency services personnel who have responded to protect their communities across the motu as Cyclone Gabrielle causes widespread devastation.
The UFBA want to thank all fire brigade members in Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Waikato and surrounding areas for their exceptional response in the weekend to the state of emergency situation.
The UFBA Membership Advisory Panel is calling for a UFBA Representative to join the FENZ Research and Evaluation to Inform Arson Reduction Strategy and Future Programme Development Group.
The UFBA Membership Advisory Panel is calling for a UFBA representative to join the FENZ Working at Height and Line Rescue Techniques & Equipment Technical Group.
We are so pleased to welcome you back for the 2023 season and want to tell you about our name change from UFBA Firefighter Combat Challenge to UFBA Firefighter Challenge. This decision has come from America and reflects positive changes globally.
The UFBA welcomes the release of the Public Service Commission’s review.
We’re pleased to see the passion of volunteer firefighters recognised in the report and are going to take some time to read the findings and consider the recommendations.
It’s great to see progress being made on the NZPFU dispute with FENZ … it is even better to see that the government has listened to our message and is ensuring the funds used to settle this claim do not come from existing budgets.
On International Volunteer Day, the UFBA has sent the below briefing to all MP's to help increase awareness of the importance role of volunteer firefighters in their communities.
Incident Capability and Payments Alignment (ICPA) Project update
Thank you to the 2300+ volunteers who responded to the recent ICPA project survey on future-state models for how Fire and Emergency delivers its services in complex and long-duration environments.
Last but not least, we have the UFBA Conference recordings for all of Fire and Emergency’s presentations – FENZ Chair Rebecca Keoghan in the opening address, CE Kerry Gregory's interview, ELT Panel “Connection with FENZ Leaders” and the three FENZ presentations “Connection with FENZ”
UFBA Conference keynote speaker recording for Russell Jackson’s presentation “Connect, plan and be the change agent” is now available on our website for you to view and share with your brigade.
