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July 2010
The New Zealand Fire Service Magazine
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July 2010
Issue No. 60
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Front cover: An aerial pours water on the fire
at Southdown Freezing Works, photo NZPA.
Back cover: One of the more than 400
contestants races up the Sky Tower stairs.
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Promotions Being smokefree saves lives ........................................................3
It pays to advertise ...........................................................................3
Fire-side Inside the fire – Southdown revisited .....................................4
Fire Safety Re-packaging home fire safety ..................................................6
Moving to long-life smoke alarms ............................................7
Fire Insight CSI Fire Investigators ........................................................................8
Burn to learn ........................................................................................9
Marae safety taken seriously......................................................9
Truck Update The Type 3 prototype – Back to the Future ...................10
Number 100 now in service ....................................................11
New Developments Testing time for gas suits ............................................................12
New BA a step closer ..................................................................12
Step-by-step guide to evacuation schemes .....................12
People A couple of minutes with... John Sutherland ....................13
Record-breaking stair climb ......................................................14
Events 2010 Calendar ................................................................................15
NZFI exam applications reminder .......................................15
Martyn Baker’s newborn – Hamish ....................................15
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Being smokefree
saves lives
The New Zealand Fire Service Magazine
Promotions
Each year, around 5,000 people die from smoking-related
diseases while burning cigarettes cause 1,150 house fires.
So Auckland Fire Region Fire Safety Officer, Gary Beer,
joined forces with Harbour Health PHO to take the message
to students at Massey University’s Albany campus for world
Smokefree Day. Flint and Amber show the best way to snuff out a cigarette as part
of a joint effort by the Fire Service and health agencies to
demonstrate smoking is both a fire hazard
and a health risk.
It pays to advertise
The new hard-hitting Fire Service television advertisements on the danger of
unattended cooking have struck a real chord with the public.
In our latest Communication Effectiveness
survey almost everyone who
saw the advertisement showing a
fatal kitchen fire remembered it and
got the message. It has been one of
the Fire Service’s most effective
advertisements.
The 500 adults surveyed all had
very good recall of the ad and its
messages with four out of 10 saying
it prompted a change in their
behaviour in some way.
Some of the comments included:
It made me think twice about
walking out of the kitchen. It was
quite a shocking one.
I’ll be a bit more aware and careful
if there are people around.
Be more careful in the kitchen and
don’t leave it unattended.
Showing the deadly consequences of
failing to install smoke alarms also
appeared to be a powerful motivator
with one in three saying they had
changed their behaviour in some way.
Some of the comments from those
surveyed were:
Bought new battery for the
smoke detector.
Checked that fire alarms
around the house were
working.
Got batteries for smoke alarms and
put my smoke alarms up again.
More aware of electrical appliances
and make sure that nothing’s left
on that shouldn’t be left on and to
ensure checking of batteries in
smoke alarms regularly.
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Fire-side
InsIde the fIre –
southdown revisited
Volunteer and career brigades from throughout the Auckland Fire Region experienced a
severe case of déjà vu on 14 May when they turned out to a huge fire at the abandoned
Southdown Freezing Works site at Penrose in Auckland.
It was a 48-hour re-run of a 10-day
fire at the same place in December
2008. Once again it sucked up an
enormous quantity of the region’s fire
fighting and operational support
resources.
Counties Manukau Area Commander,
Kerry Gregory, was one of several
Incident Controllers on duty during
both fires.
“Both fires were campaign fires
which are not something we deal
with very often. Most fires don’t
tie up such a large amount of
Photo: Nick Clifford
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resources for days on end. Campaign
fires have specific challenges. For
instance, there is the huge logistical
task of turning over crews and
bringing in fresh people. You have
to be mindful of maintaining the
coverage that is still needed across
the rest of Auckland. Then there’s
the impact of decontaminating
firefighters who are lost to the fire
ground as their gear is no longer
able to be worn.”
This fire was fought in three stages
and across all four sectors. The first
stage was an aggressive aerial attack
for the initial four or five hours and
then it was contained until morning.
“At daylight we assessed the safety
of the building – part of which had
already collapsed in the previous fire.
We decided to put in an aggressive
internal attack in Sector 1 which we
hadn’t been able to do in the previous
fire because of the danger to crews.
“We also had problems in Sectors 2
and 3 where the aerials couldn’t
penetrate to the burning material
under the rubble so we applied

Class A foam and within 10 minutes
we could see a huge difference.
The foam seeped through the rubble
and penetrated to the areas we were
unable to reach.
“Sector 4 had some internal attack
but we concentrated on cutting off
the fire to prevent it getting into
other buildings,” he said.
By late Saturday the fire was under
control and damping down was
underway. Diggers were used on
Saturday and Sunday to turn over
the rubble allowing the water to do
its job.
“There were a lot of challenges in
these two fires but we learned a lot,”
said Kerry.
Auckland Fire Police also made quick
use of the lessons learned in the
20 December 2008 fire. Chief Fire
Officer, Glenn Teal, says, “We knew
from that first fire that the early
stages would be the busiest so we
tried to mobilise all our resources to
the incident straight way.”
Twenty-eight volunteer operational
support crew responded immediately.
“The Silverdale brigade sent another
six and then late that night and early
next morning more people became
available,” he said.
The Fire Police took on traffic and
crowd control, staffed the canteen,
re-commissioned BA, carried out
salvage and supported the command
unit, and drove crews and equipment
between stations and the
fireground.
“There were so many tasks that it
was a constant challenge to keep
track of everyone as people sometimes
got pulled away without us
knowing.”
Kerry Gregory says the operation
was a testament to the teamwork and
combined resources of the many
volunteer and career stations involved
both at the fire and in providing
cover across the rest of Auckland.
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Fire-side
fire facts:
southdown freezing Works
Fire started 20:08 14 May
Ended 14:52 16 May
Cause: Undetermined
Resources included:
8 Area Commanders
120 firefighters (volunteer and career)
10 volunteer brigades
26 career stations
55 Fire Police from throughout
the region
3 Fire Safety Officers
7 aerial appliances
37 appliances
1 BA tender
1 canteen
1 ablutions unit
Photo: NZPA
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Fire Safety
re-packaging
home fire safety
The Fire Service is introducing a national approach to the provision
of home fire safety information and resources.
Fire Service Director Strategic
Development, Bill Butzbach, says one
of the organisation’s key priorities
is to reduce the incidence and
consequences of fire. “We have got to
the point where we need to be more
strategic about reaching those who
are most at risk and influencing their
fire-safety behaviours. Firefighters
have a vital role to play in this.”
He said overseas experience, and our
own, shows that getting firefighters
into the homes of families, talking to
them about escape plans and other
fire safety measures, and installing
smoke alarms, is the most effective
way of influencing people and
reducing preventable fires.
“We have been installing smoke
alarms and providing fire safety
advice in people’s homes in various
ways and using a variety of administrative
support tools for many
years. Last year we carried out more
than 11,000 visits. This public
education work will now be delivered
under the new Home Fire Safety
Checks brand and it will be done in
a much more focused, supported,
and coordinated manner.”
Home Fire Safety Checks targets
only the at-risk groups – particularly
Ma - ori and Pacific people, the elderly,
young children, and others living in
deprived areas. “We have halved the
number of people dying in house
fires over the past decade. However,
people from these at-risk groups are
still those most likely to die or be
injured in a fire.”
The refocused visits will target
deprived neighbourhoods. People will
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Image of the new postcard invitation offering a free home fire safety check.
be offered free home fire safety
checks via a postcard that crews will
drop in their letterboxes. Families
call an 0800 number answered by
Southern Communications Centre to
arrange for a firefighter from their
local fire station to phone and make a
time to visit. The Comcen staff then
enter the task into SMS for that
station. Crews will carry out the fire
safety check, which includes installing
one of the new long-life smoke
alarms, and provide fire safety advice.
A DVD showing firefighters how it
all works has been sent to stations
along with explanatory information.
All resources are ordered online.
See the National Notice for a full list
of resources available.
“The checks are only available to
those who have been specifically
targeted. Members of the general
public who ring the 0800 number
will be sent a fire safety leaflet,
or directed to our website, to help
them set up their own escape plans,
position smoke alarms, and improve
their home fire safety.
Bill believes the improved focus of
our home fire safety work will further
build on the strong bonds of trust the
Fire Service has with New Zealanders.

Moving to long-life
smoke alarms
Long-life photoelectric smoke alarms are now the alarm of choice for the Fire Service and
will be the only alarms we buy and install in homes once supplies of the standard alarms
have been used up.
The long-life alarms have some huge
advantages. They have a minimum
10 years of life and a sealed battery
compartment so the battery can’t be
removed. They also eliminate the
danger, particularly for elderly
people, of climbing ladders to replace
the batteries. Over the lifetime of the
alarm, it will effectively pay for itself
as owners don’t need to buy replacement
batteries once or twice a year.
National Director of Fire Risk
Management, Paula Beever, says,
“We have been able to switch to
long-life photoelectric alarms as
a result of negotiating a very competitive
contract with the supplier.
We will be installing one alarm in
Brooklyn Senior
Firefighters Joel Fraser
(left) and Jason Courtis
check out the new
long-life smoke alarms.
the exit path of each level of the home
and staff are asked to encourage
people to install other long-life or
standard photoelectric alarms as
soon as practicable.
“The message is that we want to
provide a ‘hand up’ to people who
are most at risk of a fire, not provide
a ‘hand out’. We want to help them
understand the dangers of fire so
they can take responsibility for
protecting their families.”
We recommend that people install
photoelectric alarms in every bedroom,
hallway, and living area on
every level of the house. However, we
recognise this is not always practical
or realistic so our advice to the
Fire Safety
general public is that at an absolute
minimum, they should install a longlife
photoelectric alarm in the exit
path closest to the bedrooms and add
more as soon as they can, she said.
Staff and volunteers are also
encouraged to promote the installation
of long-life photoelectric
smoke alarms in their community
whenever they have the opportunity.
Our national supplier is Newfield
Marketing and orders are taken via
email through sales@newfield.co.nz
Further information on the policy
can be found in Fire Risk Management
Bulletins 2 and 5 on the Intranet
using the Search function.
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Fire Insight
CsI fire Investigators
By Todd O’Donoghue
Fire Service Specialist Investigators recently got a chance
to make up Molotov cocktails and inspect various bombmaking
and incendiary devices in their latest skills
maintenance training.
Today’s investigators need to keep
pace with the information on
incendiary-making and explosives
that is now easily available on the
Internet and being experimented
with by children and arsonists.
We also need to know how incendiary
fires behave, how to read a burn
pattern, identify the residues that are
left behind, know what common
chemicals and equipment might have
been used, and how to carry out
scene examinations using CSI –
Common Sense Investigation. These
investigations will be helped by the
recent introduction of the process
charts held in the new compendiums
on frontline appliances. Meanwhile
new sophisticated equipment such
as personal gas detectors makes
sure we are working in an
environment that is safe to
breathe.
While we are not quite as
high-tech as some of the
fancy television shows, gone
are the days of needing to
suggest Police take a sample
from a scene based purely on
our own smell of something
flammable. Now we can use
the new specifically designed
and calibrated photo
ionisation detectors to ‘sniff’
out the best area to take
samples from.
The latest skills maintenance
road shows in Auckland,
Taupo, Wellington, and
Christchurch during May
gave Fire Safety and Fire
Risk Management staff from Wellington fire safety staff make up a Molotov cocktail. From left: Tony Nightingale, Peter Fox, Stu Law.
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around the country a chance to learn
from other specialists and experiment
firsthand with the materials that
are likely to be used by arsonists and
bomb makers.
This year there were presentations
from an electrical engineer, members
of the Defence Force’s bomb squad,
and some of our own highly skilled
experts. We came out better informed
but also made our own Molotov
cocktails, watched the effect of
different ingredients, and examined
the residues of various other
incendiary devices.
Rest assured, if you have a need to
call us to a fire scene, the skills,
knowledge, and equipment we bring
make us armed and flame-gerous!
Wellington bomb squad member Jez Wright
shows what a simple home-made incendiary
can look like.

Burn to learn
Uncovering the cause of a rural fire can
lead to initiatives that reduce the number
of wildfires.
So, investigating a rural fire takes its own set of
specialist skills.
A course for new wildlife investigators was held recently
in Christchurch and Manager Rural Fire Christchurch,
John Barnes, says it was developed for New Zealand
in cooperation with the United States, Canada, and
Australia wildfire agencies.
“Vegetation fires can often cover a wide area making it
very difficult to find indicators of the path of travel and
the cause. On our courses we set fires in various types of
vegetation to build up our skills. For instance we learn to
read the signs that show which way the fire travelled,
which helps bring us to the area of origin. Witnesses are
obviously also very important to our investigations.”
He says one of the most successful initiatives led to a
remarkable reduction in the hundreds of fires that used
to start alongside railway lines.
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Fire Insight
“We worked very closely with railway staff and rural
fire authorities to bring in guidelines to cut down on
fires caused by railway operations, i.e. sparks from the
exhaust stack and brakes, mechanical breakdown,
track repairs, and other train operations.”
Marae safety taken seriously
All Te Wha - nau a Apanui iwi marae on the East Coast
have now been surveyed as part of the marae fire safety
programme thanks to the Waihau Bay volunteers.
The iwi has 13 marae from Cape Runaway to Hawai
Bay. It’s the first time an iwi has had all its marae
surveyed and a certificate was recently presented
to the brigade by National Advisor Ma - ori,
Piki Thomas, to recognise their effort.
Fire in gorse has its own
peculiarities and those
on a recent wildfire
investigation course in
Christchurch learned
what to look for when
trying to find the cause.
Ma - ori Liaison for the Bay Waikato & Eastern, Lana
Ngawhika, says this engagement would not have been
possible without the Waihau Bay volunteers’ iwi
connections. With their help, marae doors were opened to
Lana. “Together we carried out the surveys and as a result
of our reports some marae are now getting quotes
for hard-wired smoke detectors and sprinklers.”
The visit to Wairuru marae at Raukokore near Waihau Bay.
From left to right: Stuart Robertson (Waihau Bay brigade),
kauma - tua Mac Eruera, Tony Walker (Waihau Bay
brigade), Bill Green (Chief Fire Officer of
Waihau Bay brigade).
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Truck Update
the type 3 prototype –
Back to the future
Firefighters are starting to evaluate the prototype rear-mounted Type 3 heavy-pumping
appliance – with Christchurch crews given the first opportunity to test it out.
The prototype, with the pump
mounted on the rear instead of in
the middle of the chassis, was
commissioned because the Fire
Service has had difficulty managing
the weight restrictions on the
front axle of the chassis of the midmount
pump. National Advisor
Operations, John Sutherland, says
New Zealand has a 6,000 kg weight
limit on the front axle. “To meet
requirements, we’ve had to remove
some components or transfer them
to the back of the truck.”
The rear-mount is used by European
and Australian fire services and
has greater load-carrying capability
and more locker space, including
large through-lockers, than the midmount.
The New Zealand prototype
has a major modification. “We’ve
moved the delivery outlets and feeder
inlets out to either side of the body to
give the pump operator more clear
and safer working space in front of
the pump panel,” said John.
Plenty of room in the side lockers of the rear mount.
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The prototype will spend six months
being tested in Christchurch,
Auckland, and Wellington and
feedback will contribute to the
specification of the next evolution.
John says Christchurch City Station
did the fit out of the prototype in less
than a week. “I was just stunned by
how quickly the appliance was
commissioned,” he said.
Christchurch City Station Officer,
Steve Warner, has been taking part in
the evaluation and says so far it has
gone well and the crews are happy
with the changed configuration
and performance.
“We’re using it as the first running
appliance out of the station, which is
one of the busiest appliances in the
country. The additional locker space
is very useful and lets us lay out the
equipment in ways that make it more
accessible. The pump is good to use
and the driving is the same as the
current Scanias,” he said.
The major difference is that crews
now have to site the appliance past
the fire and with its rear toward the
fire – so the pump operator is better
protected from traffic. This also
gives better access to the deliveries.
“For some situations, this is better
protection than the mid-mount –
which left the operator more exposed
if the fire was on the right hand side
of the road.”
There’s a sense of déjà vu for Steve.
“Back when I first joined the Fire
Service we used rear-mount appliances
and over the years changed to the
American-designed mid-mounts.”
He says the extra locker space would
be particularly useful in its PRT
(pump rescue tender) configuration –
allowing much more weight to be
carried than the mid-mount appliance
can tolerate.
John Sutherland says the final
assessment and design should be
known by the end of the year.
Rear mount showing the inlets and outlets.

The Levin brigade turns out in force
to receive its new truck. Among
those at the event were the Minister
of Internal Affairs Nathan Guy,
National Commander Mike Hall and
Region Manager Trevor Brown.
number 100 now in service
The 100 th Iveco fire appliance has now joined the fleet.
When the Levin Volunteer Fire
Brigade recently took possession of
its new Type 2 Iveco appliance an
Australasian representative of Iveco
was there to help celebrate its arrival.
The Iveco Type 2 is a Fire Service
workhorse – suited particularly to
small towns and rural areas where
the fires are largely in one- and twostorey
buildings and where there is
strong demand for rescue work.
There’ve been some modifications
and a facelift for the truck since it
was first introduced five years ago
and Iveco’s Senior Product Planning
Manager, Marco Quaranta, says we
can expect to see some more changes
in the next few years.
“The biggest changes will be to
further reduce our impact on the
environment,” he said. Increasingly
high emissions standards are being
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introduced in Europe with Euro 6
taking effect in three or four years.
Marco says Iveco engineers are
working on ways to combine two
technologies that will provide
lower emissions – EGR (exhaust
gas re-circulation) and SCR
(selective catalytic reduction).
“The result will change the shape
of our trucks because adding
more technology means the
engine gets hotter and needs
more cooling so you need a
bigger cab to contain it all.”
Looking further into the future,
Marco predicts that more trucks will
be using alternative fuels and storing
energy from the sun, or hydraulic
pressure.
“Fire engines are stationary for a
long time and need fast acceleration
so I think in 10 or 20 years’ time you
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Iveco’s Marco Quaranta
is presented with a firefighter’s helmet by
Levin Chief Fire Officer Lindsay Walker.
may be using a hydraulic/hybrid
drive cylinder which compresses oil
to create energy.”
Marco says Iveco is already testing
a prototype in a rubbish truck in
Australia.
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New Developments
Testing time for gas suits
Bigger is better according to the Nelson firefighters who
recently tried out the new generation of gas suits.
Two makes of the limited-life suits
are being evaluated and the choice
will be made later this year. They will
replace the much more expensive
long-life suits that are nearing the
end of their lives.
In Nelson, half a dozen firefighters
took the suits through their paces,
trialling them in a Large and Extra
Large size.
The unexpected verdict was that the
bigger size felt better. It seemed less
claustrophobic and allowed the
wearer to use their arms and hands
inside the suit – to check their BA
gear, wipe away moisture inside the
face plate and so on.
“These suits are all designed to be
worn five times in practice but to
New BA a
step closer
A national trial of the next generation
of breathing apparatus will begin
shortly.
National Plant and Equipment Manager,
Rob McMahon, said. “Tenders have
come in from all the major players in
this part of the world and are going
through a desktop evaluation. The team
is also examining the sample sets that
have been supplied.”
BA from the shortlist of preferred
suppliers will go through a six-
month operational trial starting in July.
It will involve paid and volunteer firefighters
from throughout the regions
to ensure it is as comprehensive as we
can make it, said Rob.
The NZPFU and the UFBA are closely
involved in the project.
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be used just once in a real situation
where they are contaminated. The
boots also have the same limited
life,” said Jon Graham who is part
of the project evaluation team.
Above: Chubb suit.
Left: Smaller size of the Draeger suit.
The evaluation exercise involved
personnel donning the equipment,
carrying out activities similar to those
in a spill scenario, and completing a
number of physical exercises such as
stair climbs, crawling, and lifting.
Step-by-step guide to
evacuation schemes
Just about everything the Fire Service and the public need to
know about evacuation schemes has now been revised, updated,
streamlined, and put on our website www.evaconline.fire.org.nz
Most buildings in New Zealand (other than private homes) need
an evacuation procedure and many of these must be developed
as evacuation schemes and approved by the Fire Service.
The website is the one-stop-shop for information for the public
and our staff. It now includes a comprehensive new guide to
making an evacuation scheme application and this should be
used by Fire Service personnel when they are giving advice
to the public.
Evaconline also has the scheme approval application form and
helpful examples of completed applications for commonly
needed schemes (e.g. a rest home and an early childhood centre).
More examples will be added later as needed.
Any queries or comments in relation to the Guide should
be directed to Alan Merry, Principal Advisor Fire Risk
Management, NHQ.

A couple of minutes with...
John Sutherland
Where are you stationed?
National Headquarters – Wellington
What’s your title?
National Advisor Operations. I’m responsible
for operational input into national projects
involving fleet and equipment. Also provide
advice on national operational issues and policy
and procedures.
What’s been your progression within the
NZFS over the past 25 years?
SO Tauranga, SSO Hawkes Bay, 2004 seconded
to NHQ, 2006 present permanent position.
Family?
Married 39 years, three children,
two grandchildren, one grand puppy.
What’s the one thing that sticks in your mind
about the job?
Those first five years in Dunedin from 1970 when
the brigade doubled in size. It was the best job for
a young man in the world – 40 years on it still is.
If you could make one change to the Fire Service
what would it be?
That the whole organisation was more receptive
to change.
Your most embarrassing moment on the job?
Breaking down the front door of my first person’s
reported house fire as OIC 1973 – it was later
found that the door was not locked.
What’s one thing people would be surprised to
learn about you?
I once had a full head of hair.
Favourite book? Forgotten Soldier – Guy Sayer
Favourite recent movie? The Visitor
Favourite TV show? Band of Brothers
Favourite music group? Bob Dylan
Favourite sport? Motor sport
Favourite holiday destination? Byron Bay NSW
If I wasn’t in the Fire Service I’d be? An engineer
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People
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People
record-breaking stair climb
Paul Gerritsen, the fastest man in the Sky Tower Challenge 2010 was running out of air
when he hit the top and says his whistle had started blowing at about the 30 th floor.
“Breathing was a real struggle and for the last 10 floors I
was sucking so hard it felt like I was holding my breath,”
he said.
Paul is on eight months’ leave from Remuera station while
he trains and prepares for this year’s World Rowing
Championships in November. He’s a member of the
national men’s quad team.
He says the rowing training helped but it was his previous
experience in the stair climb that really made the difference.
“I learned you really have to pace yourself and run the
whole way up, not sprint the first 10 flights or so as that
just leaves you drained,” he said.
Paul made it to the top 30 seconds faster than he did on his
first attempt last year and broke the record with his time
of 9 minutes 35 seconds.
First-timer Erin Gray from the Queenstown Volunteer Fire
Brigade was fastest woman at 13 minutes 28 seconds,
beating the 2009 time by more than one minute.
Erin walked fast and steadily up the stairs “Physically,
I couldn’t have run – the gear I was wearing weighed
about half as much as I do!”
Her training included running up the stairs at a local
reserve – which she had to climb up and down 16 times
to come close to the distance of the Sky Tower.
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“I found the training harder than the actual event.
When I got to the top of the Sky Tower I couldn’t
believe it was over so quickly.”
Pahia’s Volunteer Brigade once again claimed the
fundraising trophy, for the fifth consecutive year,
raising $24,000 of the $193,000 raised for the
Leukemia and Blood Foundation.
Left: Fastest Man, Paul Gerritsen, Remuera Blue Watch.
Right: Fastest Woman, Erin Gray, Queenstown VFB.

2010
Events Events
Calendar Calendar
July 17th–18th
national snooker
tournament
Hawera
Colin.dudley@fire.org.nz
August 29th
Wellington Prov Indoor
Bowls tournament
Wellington
denchy@xtra.co.nz
september 11th
taranaki toughest
firefighter Around the
Mountain
Oakura
da-rielly@hotmail.com
06 752 7302
July 18th
Wellington Provincial f/B
Golf tournament
Feilding Golf Club
Warren.Dunn@fire.org.nz
september 3rd–4th
nZfs national rugby
tournament
Auckland
james.hall@fire.org.nz
021 0237 4301
October
sports Council
regional sports
committee meetings
In your area
Contact your regional sports
council rep for more details
August 8th
Wellington Provincial f/B
driving Challenge
Mansfield Raceway
Feilding
denchy@xtra.co.nz
september 4th
UfBA driving Challenge
Manfield
Contact Anthony Dench
denchy@xtra.co.nz
October 2nd–3rd
national Basketball
tournament
Napier
francis.reid@fire.org.nz
August 18th–20th
nZfs national ski &
snowboard Championship
Ohakune
ohakune@fire.org.nz
karen.hawke@yahoo.co.nz
september 6th
national trout fishing
tournament
Turangi
jim.prescott@fire.org.nz
October 11th–15th
national Golf
tournament
Whangarei
Mike.Lister@fire.org.nz
For the latest information on Fire Service sports events go to: firenet/sports/upcomingsportsevents
REMINDER
New Zealand Fire Brigades Institute
Applications to sit exams must be received by
1 August 2010.
Further information and an application form can be
downloaded from our website:
http://www.ufba.org.nz/nzfbi/exams/downloads.php
The New Zealand Fire Service Magazine
from our ‘101 uses for a helmet’ file: Parnell Blue
Watch Station Officer, Martyn Baker’s newborn – Hamish.
July 2010
Events
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The New Zealand Fire Service Magazine
Published July 2010
By the new Zealand fire service
Media, Promotions & Communications
National Headquarters, Wellington
www.fire.org.nz