http://www.FireFightingNews.com New Zealand Fire Brigade News en-us Copyright 2005 e-Firefighter, LLC Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:22:58 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. 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 17:51:55 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 05:41:12 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 19:46:16 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 03:00:33 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 12:44:14 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 13:32:41 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 11:28:09 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=62773 The firefighters' union says a national review of the fire service could leave Hamilton short of senior people to cope with major blazes. Under the changes, which came into effect earlier this month, the former … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/38j6deiTU7A/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Belinda Feek) Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:23:36 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=62606 New Zealand firefighters, battling the Australian bushfires, yesterday stepped in to protect Melbourne's water supply from devastation. The Kiwi crew arrived in Australia on Friday night to help up to 6000 … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/Tc4SZItIGWQ/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (The Press) Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:20:53 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=62144 Arsonist are active in Hawera with five fires deliberately lit in the past four weeks. Two were set in buildings one under an occupied house. Police are asking the public to help with any information about who … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/HpBhsAWzmDA/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Daily News) Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:50:25 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=61833 Common sense could have prevented a costly eight-hour Search and Rescue operation involving 30 people during the early hours of yesterday morning, says Sergeant Mike Fitzsimmons, of Nelson Search and Rescue. … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/XeeEBpBW19w/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Nelson Mail) Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:17:41 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=61766 For the second time in a week, a Central Otago volunteer firefighter has been injured while responding to a 111 call that turned out to be a controlled burnoff. Cromwell firefighter Norman Jermyn was the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/q9cx_zL2DzI/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (The Christchurch) Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:52:11 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=61365 Firefighters have been praised for their speedy response to a fire in an Arrowtown restaurant that threatened to engulf a category- two historic building. The Arrowtown volunteer brigade was at the Stables … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/2U3qFPSrP58/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Mark Hotton) Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:22:35 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=60897 An explosion and chemical leak occurred at the New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra's Edendale factory in Southland on Monday,leaving six people injured. Six people were taken to Southland Hospital in the southern … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/8TrPZmGaiaI/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Xinhua News Agency - CEIS) Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:20:52 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=60726 Firefighter hopefuls were put through their paces in Christchurch on Saturday. People were invited to complete strength and endurance tasks during an open day to see if they wanted to apply to be firefighters. … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/XUOZOE9rKkE/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (The Press) Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:47:35 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=60680 <font size="2" face="Verdana">Christchurch's unacceptable lack of smoke alarms in homes has prompted the Fire Service to give alarms to at-risk families. Christchurch chief fire officer Dan Coward said that … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/xQBFqc1lldE/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Mckenzie Mclean) Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:59:36 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=60255 <font size="2" face="Verdana">At least two people were trapped after an ice shelf collapsed in Fox Glacier of New Zealand's South Island on Thursday. St John spokesman Ian Henderson said they were alerted to … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/A06GXQFQhYE/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Xinhua News Agency - CEIS) Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:15:08 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=60133 <font size="2" face="Verdana">Rescuers using fence posts, driftwood and airbags have lifted a massive boulder off a man trapped for nearly four hours on a remote Golden Bay beach. The accident happened at … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/-lwcBCfIa2M/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Helen Murdoch) Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:00:59 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=59736 <font size="2" face="Verdana">A Waitta house believed to have gang connections was gutted early yesterday in a suspicious fire that police are investigating. Firefighters were called to the address, at the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/fGB8Zm3I6iw/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Keith Leighton) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:03:11 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=59567 A volunteer firefighter was killed yesterday when the fire truck he was in rolled near remote Hicks Bay on the North Island's East Coast. Ray Barrett, 62, was one of three Hicks Bay volunteer firefighters who … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-NzFireNews/~3/6k-E_jVck-0/article.cfm New Zealand FireFightingNews.com (Sunday Star - Times) Sun, 28 Dec 2008 13:06:23 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=60469