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Bridge Hill/Castle Hill fire update # 8

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has made good progress containing and controlling the 980-hectare vegetation fire at Castle Hill in the Canterbury foothills.

Cyclone Gabrielle Update #3

Fire and Emergency is responding to an increasing number of calls for assistance with storm damage, but call numbers are still within the capacity of our communications centres to handle under normal business procedures.

Fire and Emergency received calls for 17 incidents during today’s strike

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 17 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Friday 20 February, the twelfth time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.

Canterbury Fires Update #5

Firefighters continue to work to extinguish two large vegetation fires in North Canterbury today.

Fire and Emergency welcomes specialist team home from Canada

Fire and Emergency has welcomed back its fifth group of personnel deployed to support our Canadian whānau during their devastating wildfire season.

Fire and Emergency urges people not to let off fireworks this summer

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is urging people to not set off fireworks this New Year’s Eve and over the summer.

More Fire and Emergency help on the way for New South Wales flood response

A third Fire and Emergency incident management team, Team Charlie, has arrived in New South Wales to continue assisting with the significant flooding in the State this week.

Prediction of Rural Fire Risk in Wellington Region _ report #24 (2001)

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