The Lake Okareka Rural Fire Force pledges to provide the best possible emergency service to the people of the Lake Okareka Community and Rotorua District to minimize suffering, loss of life and loss of property incurred by fire, accidents, disasters, and medical emergencies. Our goal is emergency response with the highest quality training and resources available. We also strive to be a pro-active organization and include activities to promote and encourage member training, community involvement, public relations, and fire prevention education as well as encourage camaraderie in the brigade. The Lake Okareka Rural Fire Force meets every Wednesday night at 7:30 pm at the local fire station for training. We are totally voluntary. In our 31 years of existence, we have attended a wide variety of incidents from scrub fires, house fire and motor vehicle accidents through to search and rescue, ambulance assists (we carry oxygen and an automated external defibrillator (AED) on the fire truck, flooding, slips and fallen trees. Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/okarekaruralfire