The Union and Members express their sympathy and support for the two injured Firefighters – Sam Julian and Graham Hill, injured last week in Taranaki.
Graham Hill is receiving treatment in Hamilton and Sam Julian has been discharged from hospital.
The Union is represented on the Level 2 Accident Investigation and member Daryl Trim is coordinating support for Graham while he is in Hamilton Hospital.
Messages of support can be forwarded to Daryl at Daryl.trim@fire.org.nz.
Last nights unprecedented weather event caused widespread havoc across the region with Fire and Emergency career and volunteer crews, operational support and 111 emergency dispatchers working to exhaustion, with all available FENZ resources at times being mobilised to incidents right across the region.
The Auckland Local wishes all members a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. The Auckland Office will be closed from the afternoon of Friday 23 December 2022, reopening on Monday 9 January 2023.
As you will be well aware by now, we have finally reached an agreed term of settlement in the negotiation for a new CEA. The NZPFU is recommending members accept it and ratify the settlement offer. The National Committee has completely wrung out the sponge for every possible drop of benefit to members, and it's now our turn to act.