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Fire and Emergency New Zealand specialist teams in Nelson to support community
11 July 2025 | Announcements
A specialist water rescue team and a wide area damage assessment team have been deployed to Nelson to support response to expected severe weather
Seven-person specialist team to assist in Canadian wildfires
8 July 2025 | Deployments
Fire and Emergency New Zealand is deploying a seven-person specialist team to Manitoba, Canada to support the province’s wildfire response.
Nelson-Tasman and Marlborough Flooding Update #1
27 June 2025 | Announcements
Fire and Emergency is supporting Civil Defence in both Nelson-Tasman and Marlborough in the response to widespread flooding across the top of the South Island.
Third offender convicted and discharged for offences relating to the 2022 Awarua Wetlands wildfire during a total fire ban
27 June 2025 | Announcements
A third offender has been convicted and discharged for offences relating to the 2022 Awarua Wetlands wildfire
22 new career firefighters join the Fire and Emergency New Zealand team
19 June 2025 | Announcements
Twenty-two firefighters swapped their green trainee helmets for their yellow operational helmets at their graduation yesterday in Rotorua.
New World Victoria Park fire update #6
18 June 2025 | Emergency Information
Fire and Emergency New Zealand has handed back the Victoria Park New World to the building’s owners, following yesterday’s fire.
Victoria Park New World Fire Update #5
18 June 2025 | Announcements
Fire investigations are continuing at the Victoria Park New World and the section of Victoria St between College Hill and Franklin Rd remains closed.
New World Victoria Park fire update #4
17 June 2025 | Emergency Information
The New World Victoria Park fire is now contained, but Incident Controller Shaun Thornton says operations will continue overnight to extinguish it.