http://www.FireFightingNews.com New Zealand Fire Brigade News en-us Copyright 2009 e-Firefighter, LLC Wed, 22 May 2013 01:50:01 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/Images/logo_22.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Four buildings were on fire and several people unaccounted for in a massive blaze that was tearing through properties in central Auckland on Saturday night. More than 60 firefighters were battling the fire that's … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/1zv_kysMToU/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Xinhua News) Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=104936 Rescuers saved 28 miners who were trapped underground for up to seven hours on Tuesday as smoke from a truck engine fire spread through the gold mine where they had been working. Mine spokesman Kit Wilson said … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/-76utlSDYvI/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=104211 A hot air balloon carrying 11 people turned into a horrifying tower of sheer flame Saturday after hitting power lines near a rural New Zealand town, police and witnesses said. All aboard were killed in the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/hQgI5ljMYkc/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=103450 A helicopter helping install a Christmas tree on Auckland's waterfront has crashed in dramatic fashion, but the pilot escaped serious injury. Footage captured by Television New Zealand on Wednesday shows the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/_jNyKZFJNQs/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=103234 Recovery teams pulled two more bodies from the rubble of one of the worst-hit buildings in last week's earthquake in New Zealand, raising the confirmed death toll to 163, police said Friday. Authorities … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/HrNc-4nNCJo/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=91920 A woman plucked from a building that collapsed in this week's earthquake went ahead with her planned wedding Friday a bright spot in Christchurch as the death toll rose to 113 and relatives anguished over the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/kDSvetxt4kM/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=91557 Some screamed from inside collapsed buildings. One woman used her mobile phone to call her children to say goodbye. Others tapped on the rubble to communicate with those on the outside. Search teams using their … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/85aYeSfIu78/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=91430 Rescue officials on Monday were preparing to send a high-tech robot into a mine tunnel to transmit pictures and assess toxic gas levels three days after an explosion left 29 miners missing underground. Police … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/2NG_9yfi0gs/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=87001 A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/iXl1sG8AVPw/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=83915 Three airmen are dead and a fourth seriously hurt after a New Zealand military helicopter en route to a military memorial flyover crashed on farmland north of the capital, Wellington, emergency services said … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/SWqb6LuSAis/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=78597 As his wife floundered screaming for help in murky river water, a frantic New Zealand man was forced to abandon a bid to rescue his teenage son to save his partner from drowning, he said Monday. Stacy Horton … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/TKOivlWILFU/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=73239 Striking Firefighters to Protest at Opening Ceremony of new $4.9m Fire Station Auckland Local President of the Firefighters Union, Jeff McCulloch said today, that firefighters would be carrying out a protest and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/V8IFmU__2nI/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (NZPFU) Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=70417 A team of 9 volunteer Rural Fire Fighters from Fire Rescue New Zealand and the Rodney District Council Rural Fire Authority recently returned from participating in a Trans-Tasman rural fire training exercise in … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/wn15Ff9kTCk/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (CFO Simon Osborne) Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=73033 New Zealand authorities said they freed a man stuck like Winnie-the-Pooh in his electric dryer while trying to retrieve a pair of underpants. Senior Constable Greg Sutherland of the Temuka police said a police … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/sbeHSlc1JqA/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67224 A popular Australian national park ravaged by the Victorian bushfires has reopened with the help of Kiwi fire experts. The South Island members of a 57-strong crew returned to Christchurch yesterday after … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/9H9MLi2ETOE/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Marc Greenhill) Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=64026 New Plymouth CIB are calling for the public to help it protect the community after fire bugs put people's lives at risk at the weekend. New Plymouth firefighters were called out to four suspicious house and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/a_saIZ5raFU/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Lyn Humphreys) Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=63551 One day he's helping to fight the Victoria bushfires, beating back flames and dodging falling trees in the searing heat. The next, he's back in the Pohangina Valley, tending tramping trails and hunting goats in … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/yLNgV7vMYt4/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Michelle Duff) Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=63325 A new contingent of 57 New Zealand firefighters flied to Australia on Wednesday to help out in the bushfire battle. New Zealand Civil Defence Minister John Carter said the fires had now moved into the water … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/NMqzHG8EVU4/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Xinhua News Agency - CEIS) Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=62963 About 40 New Zealand firefighters will return from Victoria this week, but Australia is asking for a second group to continue the battle. Most of the Kiwis will return home on Thursday, with about 15 staying for … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/9qocmnNlPFU/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Brown Giles) Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=62854 Jeff McCulloch, President of the Auckland Local of The New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union said today, that the updates to the Fire Service multi million dollar computer appear to have made the situation … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/BGh1_FGReoA/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union) Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=62773