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The UFBA Annual Report 2022/23 is now available

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Over the next two weeks, Bill Butzbach, UFBA CEO is having his second round of online meetings with all UFBA Brigade Reps, by region.

Volunteers voice
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On Wednesday 6 September, a report was issued from FENZ which shows what FENZ has done and plans to do, to address the 20 recommendations made in the Te Kawa Mataaho – Public Service Commission review (PSC report) to improve the culture of FENZ.

Existing leaders
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Kia ora members,

Over the past seven weeks, we have received a significant amount of feedback from members expressing their concerns around eligibility to attend the Emerging Leaders Conference Hui.

Inc Societies
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Last year, we gave members a heads-up about the new Incorporated Societies Act 2022 coming into effect and we have been working to gather more information about how the changes might affect some of our member brigades.

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The countdown is on…

AGM & Conf 2023
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Kia ora koutou

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Fire and Emergency have issued a national notice regarding potential BA mask communication issues.

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On Tuesday 25 July, Fire and Emergency released their consultation document outlining options for a new way of managing complaints.

AGM Motions
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Kia ora members, just a reminder that any brigade wishing to submit a Motion to the AGM must complete the Notice of Motion form and send it to us by 3 August.

AGM Conf - 208
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Attention all members! We need your help to reach quorum.

volunteer training
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The UFBA’s approach to driving positive change is to work collaboratively with the decision-makers.

AGM Conf - quote
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Register now for the 145th UFBA AGM and the UFBA Emerging Leaders Conference Hui at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.

LSGC Medals
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Following our AGM last year, where members voted in favour of extending the UFBA Service Honours to include the same recognition for all brigade members – operational, operational support and non-operational, the UFBA then approached Fire and Emergency to consider applying simil

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Check out this awesome story from Wairara

NVW23
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UFBA media release: 20/06/2023 - National Volunteer Week

This Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu National Volunteer Week, the United Fire Brigade’s Association is sending a loud and proud shout-out to the more-than 12,000 volunteers that make up the bulk of the brigades a

CoPFFWS
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The UFBA Membership Advisory Panel are seeking a UFBA Representative to join the Fire and Emergency Code of Practise Firefighting Water Supplies (CoPFFWS) Working Group.

AGM & Conf
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Influential leadership is the key to activating brigades and getting the best out of your team.

ACC
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The United Fire Brigades’ Association of NZ (UFBA) is calling for New Zealand’s ACC legislation to be amended so the country’s 12,000 volunteer firefighters are covered for occupational illness and diseases they incur as part of their duties.

Firefighter ACC Occupational Diseases
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Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) opened for submissions to add or change the list of occupational diseases covered by ACC.

Locker
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The UFBA Membership Advisory Panel are seeking a UFBA Representative to join the Fire and Emergency SF49 Firefighters Personal Protective Equipment Standards Committee.

RNZ NatFFC
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Check out this story from Radio New Zealand - featuring a few of our members who competed over the weekend!

UFBA Challenges
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Today, 4 May, is recognised around the world as International Firefighters Day. Today the United Fire Brigades’ Association (UFBA) celebrates the brave men and women who put their lives on the line to protect us from over 85,000 fires and other emergencies, every day.

RCR Cancelled
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Kia ora members

In March we opened registrations for the 2023 UFBA Road Crash Rescue on our website and advertised through our social media, database and networks.

ACC
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As part of our work on the ACC project and our valued new relationship with Barbara Edmonds, Minister of Internal Affairs, the UFBA are excited that today at 0900hrs the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment called for public submissions for conditions that should be added to

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We would like to thank the membership for their messages overnight and acknowledge that while we allow comments on some of our posts, our policy remains to turn comments off, and we are constantly reviewing this.

RCR rego open
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Our Challenges are in full swing, and yes, we're bringing you more...

Registrations for the 2023 UFBA Road Crash Rescue are now open!

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We’re disappointed to see the NZPFU is demanding volunteer firefighters don’t ‘mingle’ with career firefighters at courses aiming to train firefighters in water rescue techniques.

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The UFBA Membership Advisory Panel are seeking a UFBA Representative to join the Fire and Emergency National Safety, Health and Wellbeing Committee.

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UFBA MEMBERS ARE YOU READY

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UFBA MEMBERS ARE YOU READY