Tawa Volunteer Fire Brigade
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Yes indeed folks, we've been here serving and protecting Tawa (and the greater Wellington area) for 75 years! On Saturday, 26th October 2019, (Labour weekend) from 10:00am to 2:00pm we'll be holding a Open & Display Day at the station from 10:00 to 2:00pm. We'd love to see you … View moreYes indeed folks, we've been here serving and protecting Tawa (and the greater Wellington area) for 75 years! On Saturday, 26th October 2019, (Labour weekend) from 10:00am to 2:00pm we'll be holding a Open & Display Day at the station from 10:00 to 2:00pm. We'd love to see you there! Displays from Fire & Emergency New Zealand (FENZ), Wellington Free Ambulance, Wellington Police, Wellington Rural Fire Force, Coastguard Mana, Wellington Emergency Response Team (NZRT8), SPCA Rescue, Civil Defence, Wellington Water, Wellington Airport Fire Rescue, Tawa Community Patrol.
That’s right, we want YOU! Yes, we’re recruiting for day time available fire fighters for Tawa Volunteer Fire Brigade!
Are you:
- Available for calls during the day time in the Tawa area? (Stay at home mums/dads/caregivers, local business owners, shift workers, local business staff who … View moreThat’s right, we want YOU! Yes, we’re recruiting for day time available fire fighters for Tawa Volunteer Fire Brigade!
Are you:
- Available for calls during the day time in the Tawa area? (Stay at home mums/dads/caregivers, local business owners, shift workers, local business staff who have a great employer who will allow them to attend calls, retired etc.)
- Able to work well in a team?
- Have a good level of fitness and able to pass “pre-employment” checks?
- Available to train on Wednesday nights? (The initial recruit course is a 7 day wage reimbursed course.)
- Able to attend call outs that vary from fires to motor vehicle crashes to medical events and more and to help with fire safety education?
- Keen to learn new skills and to contribute towards our community?
- Live within 4 minutes’ drive from the Tawa Fire Station and have your own transport?
Then we want you! Age, gender, race etc. are not an issue! If you think you fit the bill please send us a PM here with your name, DOB, address and contact e-mail and phone numbers and we’ll be in touch!
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Fire and Emergency NZ is encouraging all it's stations to take part in the Roaring Chorus on November 11 to commemorate to centenary of Armistice Day.
Are there any other Tawa groups out there taking part?
Many of you will have been awakened by our siren sounding a number of times between Saturday and this morning (Monday), and be wondering what's going on.
To give you some background, the siren has been out of commission for many months after the tower on which it was mounted was surveyed and … View moreMany of you will have been awakened by our siren sounding a number of times between Saturday and this morning (Monday), and be wondering what's going on.
To give you some background, the siren has been out of commission for many months after the tower on which it was mounted was surveyed and found to be a risk. The replacement pole and siren has finally been installed and was up and running as of Friday evening.
When we receive a call at night, up to 7am, a radio signal is sent to the station at the same time a message is sent to our firefighters’ pagers via another network. At the station a timer starts and if the pager message is not received within 30 seconds the siren sounds as a back-up alert. These pager messages are expected to be received within 15 to 20 seconds.
At 4:20am on Saturday morning the pager message was delayed by just over 30 seconds and at 5:10am this morning the delay was closer to a minute.
To make matters worse, there was another delay for the call at 6:40am this morning and at the same time there was an issue with the systems running our Communications Centre in Wellington. The fixing of these issue inadvertently caused the activation of the sirens of a half dozen volunteer fire brigades around the lower North Island, including us and causing ours to sound twice for this call. Fortunately, we were able to silence it before two more potential activations occurred due to the faults.
Please bear with us while we work through the pager delays with our organisation, and we hope not to wake you too often from here on.
Our baby black rabbit is missing from Chester Road. If you find or see him please contact us. Thank you.
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