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| Taradale assist at major blaze in Napier. The call was just after midnight, Friday 13th Jan at the thrift shop at St Pauls Church, Napier. | Photos from John Cowpland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Congratulations to SO Dave Whyte and QFF Richard Burns on their 5 year medals. Click image to goto photo gallery. | Add Comment
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| Photos from the Fire Service Golf held at the Napier Golf Club are in the latest issue of Fire Rescue | Add Comment
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| A spate of crashes included a truck and trailer overturning. Photo here | Add Comment
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| Merry Christmas from the Taradale Volunteer Fire Brigade. The little kids had a visit from Santa and a BBQ, the big kids went to a car fire….. |  Add Comment
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| Photos from the Napier Trainworld fire showing Taradale Volunteers in action are in the latest issue of Fire and Rescue | Add Comment
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| This past weekend marked the six month anniversary of Madrid’s Windsor Tower fire. Some dramatic photos, taken at both day and night, can be seen on this site. Click on “entrar” and follow along by clicking on “siguente.” | Add Comment
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| Congratulations to the following members who recieved honors this month: |
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| Busy weekend for Napier emergency services – the HB Today reports 16 crashes including 2 hit and runs. | Add Comment
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| MVC in Lee Road – attended by the Taradale Brigade. See the story here in the HB Today |  Add Comment
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| Congratulations to our new Staion Officers – Chris King, Chris Bullard and Dave Whyte | Add Comment
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| Coming soon….. Pump updates – details and photos of the new Dennis 551 and 5512 Incident Support Unit. There’s already a photo in our gallery from when it was in Napier | Add Comment
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| Fatal house fire in Hastings 26/1/5. News here in Stuff and the Herald | Edit: ….and the HB Today report Add Comment
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| First photo of new Dennis appliance here. Taken in bad light and rain so not the best |  Click for larger image Add Comment
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| Photos from the coolstore fire are on the web here. Many thanks to John Cowpland of Alphapix for letting us use some in our photo gallery. | Add Comment
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| Merry Christmas from the Taradale Volunteer Fire Brigade |  Add Comment
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| Taradale helps battle blaze on Marine Parade | Add Comment
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| See pictures from the Napier floods here. See also the Hawkes Bay Today | Add Comment
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| LMR Training software has been released for sale. View details and screen shots here | Add Comment
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| The Hawkes Bay Today remembers the day of the 1979 Tomoana fire | Add Comment
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| September 11th Memorial Parade. Photos are here. Read more in Stuff | Add Comment
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| A new way of warning cars to move out of the way of emergency vehicles. A great idea here | Add Comment | | View Comments (1) |
| Baby saved from burning Hastings house. Read the story here | Add Comment
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| PHOTOS, Photos, Photos…… Visit www.kamarshall.co.nz/photos to see a collection of fire photos. Photos are available for sale from this site. | Add Comment
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| A new photo has been added to the gallery – 551 helping clean up a diesel spill at the intersection of Meeanee Road and State Highway 50 (Call no 100, 7 July 2004) |  Add Comment
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| Putorino brigade saves local pub. Read the story here | Add Comment
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| Two new photos have been added to the photo gallery |
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| See the most powerful air raid siren ever made. One has been restored to working condition | Add Comment
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| Couple lose all in house fire | |
| Multiple car crash at accident black spot – read story here | |
| Taradale Volunteers remember ANZAC day |  |
| Fatal crash on expressway. Read the story in the Hawkes Bay Today | Add Comment
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| Hawkes Bay Today story on the hail | Add Comment
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| All hail Taradale A sudden thunder storm has swept through Taradale dumping large amounts of hail. Taradale volunteers responded to two calls during this storm. The photo below was taken just as the hail started to cover the ground |  Click for large Add Comment
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| The Hawkes Bay Today reports on the fatal house fire | |
| Stuff reports on the fatal Napier house fire and a fiery car crash that kills three people | Add Comment
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| Not a very nice place to fight a fire – deep underground in cable tunnels. Read the story here | Add Comment
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| Man pulled from burning house. Read story in Stuff | |
| Fatal car crash just south of Napier. Read story here | |
| Putorino volunteer fire brigade need volunteers NOW. Are you in the area? | |
| See photos of the floods in Wainuiomata on the Wainuiomata Volunteer Fire Brigade website | Add Comment
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| A new photo of Taradale 551 has been added to the gallery – taken Feb 16th 2004. |  Add Comment
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| Another storm hits Hawkes Bay – Read story here | |
| Fatal Crash on Napier-Taupo highway. Read story here | |
| Storm reached hurricane strength in Napier | Add Comment
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| Read the Stuff story about the storm here | |
| Flurry of calls as storm lashes Hawkes Bay. Pumps from Napier, Hastings, Taradale and Bay View have been busy since 10:00am dealing with multiple incidents | Add Comment
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| Photo of Napier 511 at a house fire in Westminster Ave, 14th Jan 2004, has been added to the photo gallery |  Add Comment
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| Fire danger expected to reach extreme by late January. See story here | |
| Fatal crash at intersection on new motorway. Read story here |  Add Comment
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| Read the latest STAR magazine online at www.fire.org.nz | |
| Merry Christmas from the Taradale Volunteer Fire Brigade | Add Comment
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| Fancy a short run? Try the Poweraid Sky Tower Vertical Challenge (enter here and look for it on Sat Mar 27 2004). To better last years time you will need to do the 47 floors, donned and started up, in under 17 minutes 3 seconds – phew! | Add Comment
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| Photos from the air crash execise are available on John Cowplands site www.alphapix.co.nz | Add Comment
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| Woman escapes house fire in Hastings |  Photo By HB Today Add Comment
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| Taradale involved in major exercise, read story here | Add Comment
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| Merry Christmas (Parade) What better vehicle to lead the Taradale Christmas Parade than 551 |  Add Comment
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| Stolen car crashes in Onekawa. Story and photo from the Hawkes Bay Today |  Add Comment
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| Historic Northland Marae destroyed by fire |  Photo by Stuff |
| Meeanee Road overbridge by next October? Design work is starting already | Add Comment
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| Firefighters dodge high voltage power lines to fight blaze as reported in Stuff | |
| Remember the floods from Jan 2002? John Cowpland has sent us a great picture of the Napier Rescue Pump elbow deep in water in King Street |  Add Comment | | View Comments (3) |
| Summer to be hot, dry, and fiery as rapidly-drying vegetation makes the fire danger climb. Story | Add Comment
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| Quiet night for emergency services in Hawkes Bay this Guy Fawkes. HB Today Story | |
| It is with much saddness we have learnt of the sudden death of Hastings Volunteer SSO Hugh Baird. Our thoughts go to his family. | |
| From the NZ Herald – under a national agreement being drawn up by fire and ambulance services, firefighters will be sent to carry out first aid if an ambulance is not immediately available. Story here | Add Comment
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| SFF C King was married on the 1st November. What better vehicle for his bride than Taradale 551 |  Add Comment | | View Comments (1) |
| Have you seen the upgraded Official NZ Fire service website? Something for everyone – check it out here | Add Comment
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| School bus burns in Puketapu. Thanks to John Cowpland for the awsome photos |  Add Comment
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| Once again we’re on our way to the 5th of November. Play the interactive fireworks safety game provided by The Warehouse | Add Comment
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| John Cowpland is an awsome photographer. Over the years he has taken many great pictures of fires and other calls. We use his pictures here with permission. Check out his new website Alphapix |  John Cowpland on right at Thames St Fire Add Comment
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| Fierce blaze guts house in Invercargill. Read story here |  Photo by Stuff |
| House fire in Wairoa causes damage to house | |
| Two new pictures have been added to the photo gallery. Taradale 551 on the Tutaekuri Bridge and van / trailer crash on the Tutaekuri River Bridge | Add Comment
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| Early morning crash disrupts traffic on expressway. Just after 7am, 9th October, Taradale was called to a Van vs Trailer on the Tutaekuri Bridge |  Story in Hawkes Bay Today Add Comment
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| Photos of the Hastings Command Unit and Heretaunga Tanker have been added to the photos page | Add Comment | | View Comments (1) |
| Large fire in Poraiti keeps firefighters busy. By 5pm October 7th large plumes of smoke could be seen drifting across the hills to the West of Napier. Fire crews are still fighting the fire in a valley off Ballantyne Road as this is published |  Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3 Add Comment | | View Comments (1) |
| Emergency services busy as Kapiti declares state of emergency due to bad weather | Add Comment
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| COMMENTS You can now add comments to selected news stories on this site. Comments will be checked before being visible. | Add Comment | | View Comments (4) |
| Police inquiry into fatal Meeanee Road crash continues | |
| Christchurch factory burns in spectacular fire early this morning |  Photo by Stuff |
| We have now added a sounds page to download NZ Fire Service type sounds from. Please Email us if you have any decent recordings of suitable sounds | Add Comment
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| For those who want a recording of a NZ Fire Siren here is one from Steven Vickery of the Ngaruawahia VFB | Add Comment
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| Wind Storm Hits Napier A strong wind storm at lunchtime on the 25th September has caused a flurry of calls for local brigades. Strong wind felled trees, turned the sky brown with dust, and caused several calls for Taradale | Update: Story Here |
| Another Fatal Crash at Motorway/Meeanee Road intersection. Taradale volunteers attended a car vs truck early on the morning of the 25th September which has left two teenagers dead. | Updates: Stuff and Hawkes Bay Today  Add Comment
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| High winds flip truck in Central Hawkes Bay | |
| September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day so dont forget to end all your radio messages with Yarrrrr | |
| High winds cause problems in Central North Island for emergency services | |
| Taradale Volunteer Fire Brigade paraded at midday on September the 11th to remember the emergency service workers killed two years ago |  |
| Family rescued from flooded river in Central Hawkes Bay | |
| High speed crash leaves woman with serious head injuries | |
| Warning over Gas Heaters follows fatal house fire in Hastings | |
| Who do you call when the fire station’s on fire? | |
| The Hawkes Bay Today carries an updated report on the fatal house fire last night | |
| Fatal Hastings House Fire Twin girls have died in a house fire in Hastings. |  |
| Firefighters to get new uniforms The Government has announced firefighters are to get new, dark blue shirts to replace their existing light blue ones. “Firefighters are getting new shirts to prevent cases of mistaken identity. Internal Affairs Minister George Hawkins has announced the firefighters are to get new, dark blue shirts to replace their existing light blue ones. He says that should prevent them from being mistaken for police officers in future. Mr Hawkins says police have an enforcement role and cases of mistaken identity between the two services can hamper firefighters community safety work.” | |
| Congratulations to FF Dave Whyte – our newest brigade driver |  |
| Waimarama House Burns To The Ground destroying everything for couple. | |
| Who’s this lot then? Just uploaded to the photo gallery – brigade photo taken after AGM, 18th August 2003. Click for full size |  |
| VFB.org.nz is go Space is now sorted for hosting volunteer brigades running Fire CMS software from Marshall Software. If you would like your brigade to be a part of this please email. | |
| Smoke Alarm Saves Couple Read the story here | |
| Want your own custom built fire engine? Check out these guys | |
| Tamatea house burns for second time Children blamed by neighbours | |
| Pregnant mum rescues neighbour from a burning Wainuiomata house. Police are currently investigating. | |
| Want to buy your own turnout siren? Check out this site then. | |
| Waipawa fire suspicious Read the story here | |
| Thieves pinch petrol from fire engine in Hawkes Bay. Read the story here and also an article about changing the way fire service levies are collected | |
| Woman burns to death in Auckland as reported this morning in the Herald | |
| Auckland hit by fire bug as reported this morning in the Herald. As written by an Auckland Firefighter ‘We had two second alarms, three third alarms and one fourth alarm between | 2330hrs and 0400hrs’ |
| Quick thinking prevents fatal house fire Read the story here | |
| SNOW! As I write this it is snowing outside. Snow I building up on the cars. Take care on those roads! | |
| House blown apart Read the Hawkes Bay Today story about a house in Tamatea destroyed by fire here
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| New Ambulances for Hawkes Bay Read the story here | |
| Overbridge to eliminate accident black spot Transit New Zealand has bumped up the much needed Motorway / Meeanee Road overbridge to be built within two years. Read story here | |
| Read the Hawkes Bay Today article about last Fridays fire here | |
| Several news reports have mentioned that a major roading project in Napier will be funded urgently. Will it be the much needed overbridge for the Meeanee Road / Motorway blackspot? | |
| Photos from Fridays Chemical incident have been added to the Photo Gallery | |
| Chemical Fire Emergency in the middle of Taradale Taradale firefighters responded to a garage fire in Meeanee Road this evening. Chemicals were found to be involved and extra help was called in. Taradale, Napier and Hastings attended. |   |
| More fires deliberately lit At least five fires in the past few days are being investigated as arson. Read the story here | |
| Protective Clothes are described in this US based website. A lot of gear is relevant here in NZ. Click here | |
| Congratulations to SFF C King and FF M Burns on their Five Year Medals |   |
| Seven fire appliances were needed to douse a house fire on the Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Road (near Palmerston North) with lack of water being a major problem. Read the story here |  |
| Microsoft on the way to fires? The NZ Fire service has made the shortlist for a Microsoft development to look at putting hand-held tablet PC’s in pumps to give access to real time risk managment data on the way to calls. Microsoft is also looking at GSP tracking of pumps. Read the story here | |
| We’re saving power Our station night lights energy efficient lamps proudly supplied by Rexel NZ Ltd and use a combined total of only 45W of power. Our sign lights are on a timer to only run for a few hours each night and also use low wattage lamps. | |
| Cause of Tennyson St Fire still unknown Police and Fire investigators are still looking into the cause of Mondays fire next to the Daily Telegraph building | |
| Taradale Helps Battle Napier Fire Taradale firefighters responded to and helped battle a blaze next to the historic Art Deco Daily Telegraph Building. Taradale 552 stood by on Napier station to cover other calls during the incident. |  |
| It’s Getting Colder…. Do you remember all your winter fire safety tips? Remember: Keep furniture, clothes and curtains at least one metre away from heaters and fire-places. Ashes can take up to five days to cool. Place in a metal container, well clear of your home. Always turn off your electric blanket at the wall before getting into bed. Have blankets checked annually by a competent service person. See here for more information. |  |
| Visit the Wainuiomata Fire Brigade. Click here to visit their website. A well designed site and some great call photos. | |
| The Hawkes Bay today carries two stories today about a tragic car accident and a house fire outside Hastings | |
| Stuff has a nice action picture of a helicopter with a monsoon bucket dousing the hot spots at a fire near Nelson | |
| Where will all our car fires go? Tonights Hawkes Bay Today has a report on the closing of river access in Guppy Road and also raises the question of where will they dump cars now? | |
| River Access To Close At Night Access to the Tutaekuri River will now be closed from 7pm – 6am in winter and 9:30pm to 6am in summer. Read more here | |
| HB Regional Council Looking to close river access at nights The HB Regional Council is looking to close access to the river from Guppy Road each evening by a set of gates. The area is a favorite dumping ground for stolen cars and also seen by some as a race track. Search our calls page using the keyword river to see some of our recent calls there | |
| Backgrounds Our photo gallery now has a backgrounds section. Download the latest – 551 and 552 on the station apron in 1024×768 | |
| ANZAC Day Taradale Volunteer Firefighters will march in the Taradale ANZAC Day parade |  |
| Taradale 552 We now have a page about our second pump TARA 552 | |
| TVFB Website mentioned in Star Magazine Our website get’s a mention in issue 77 of the Fire Brigades Magazine | |
| Upgrade The photo gallery will be upgraded on March the 8th. For a small time during this period it will be offline. | |
| One Hundred Pics We now have 100 photos (4.24mb worth) in our gallery. For the 100th photo download the Lowe Walker Rescue Chopper carrying a monsoon bucket – 1024×768 for you new background | |
| Looking Down From Above The Napier City Council have kindly given us permission to use screenshots from their aerial map of Napier. Takes a while to load but well worth it. Soom in on the Taradale CD siren to get straight to our station. Three views in our photo gallery |  |
| Taradale Open Day Pictures have been added to the photo gallery from Sundays Open Day |  |
| 2003 Run Stats now working The Run Stats page now has 2003 calls included | |
| Six more photos added to the photo gallery | |
| Get Taradale 551 as your wallpaper click here for a 800×600 picture of Taradale 551 for your background | |
| Webmasters Add a link to your fire related site here (Note that links must be approved before they will show on the links page) | |
| Total Fire Ban The Hawkes Bay Today reports that the entire Hawkes Bay will most probably have a total fire ban by the weekend | |
| Another Large Grass Fire Near Napier For the second time in several weeks firefighters have fought a large fast moving grass fire, this time just North of Napier. Yet another reminder of the closed fire season and just how dangerously dry Hawkes Bay is | |
| Napier Under Total Fire Ban Napier has had a total fire ban imposed as tempratures soar and the Bay dries out to extreme levels, read more in the Hawkes Bay Today | |
| Thames St Fire Photos have now been added to the photo gallery | |
| Tonights Hawkes Bay Today carries a full report of yesterdays fire in the Thames Street industrial area | |
| Taradale joins fight to save houses – just after 12pm today Taradale crews responded to a 3rd then 4th alarm in Thames St, Napier where a large grass fire threatened houses. At the height of the fire all crews were fully involved with one house and a large area grass alight. Crews from Napier, Taradale, Hastings, Bay View and Haumoana were involved along with the Hastings Rescue Helicopter |   |
| Links are up Yay! The last bugs have been fixed and the links page is now online. Webmasters please email links to me to add | |
| Hot and Dry in Taradale As the hot weather continues the hills behind Taradale are a bone dry fire risk |  |
| Volunteer Fire Brigade Webmasters The database software used on this site is now available FREE for use on your websites. Features include:
| For more information please Email |
| Blaze ruins supermarket bakery Read the full story in the Hawkes Bay Today | |
| HB Fire Risk EXTREME The summers first extreme fire risk warning has just been issued | |
| Waimarama Volunteer Fire Fighter Honoured as reported on Hawkes Bay.Com | |
| Fire finishes off Marine Parade building A fire early Saturday morning has finished off a vacant house damaged by fire several years ago. Read the Hawkes Bay Today article here | |
| Napier Fires In Latest Star A spectacular fire on Napier Hill has had photos published in Issue 74 of the Star magazine | |
| Ammonia leak keeps Hastings Fire busy Six people have been taken to hospital after an ammonia leak at a Hastings industrial plant | |
| Signs of summer to come… A grass fire near Havelock North has kept emergency services busy for over eight hours.. | |
| New Pictures Added: Four new pump photos have been added to the photo gallery. |  |
| Lives lost in UK fires during fire brigade strike. Full Story | |
| Fire Bans Imposed As HB Dries Out Councils have today imposed fire bans as Hawkes Bay dries out and fire risks become extreme. | |
| Night Turnout By Siren On Saturday night (9-11-2) Taradale Volunteers were turned out by siren after a pager failure. Recently installed on station was a “Siren Control System” from Lockyer Electronics that enables our siren to sound at night only in the event of a pager failure. Our siren has been isolated at night for over five years now. | |
| Taradale Volunteers save house Taradale Volunteers were called to a house fire in Elliott St on the afternoon of the 6th of November to find the top story of a split level house well involved. After a quick knockdown major damage was confined to just one room on the top floor. | |
| Photos from SO Alan Rowsons Gold Star are now being added to the photo gallery. |  |
| Napier firefighters battled a roof fire at the Awatoto Fertiliser plant yesterday morning. Read the Hawkes Bay Today article here. Awatoto is just outside the Eastern boundry of out turn-out area. | |
| Appliance Run Stats are now also generated in graphical form | |
| Visit the New Zealand Fire Service website for 20 fireworks safety tips | |
| Play the Warehouses interactive Fireworks safety game. Great for big and little kids. See how well you do…. | |
| Transit New Zealand reviews safety in the Homer Tunnel near Milford Sound after bus fire | |
| The Hawkes Bay Today reports that high winds have caused three fires to burn out of control in northern Hawkes Bay settlements | |
| All the news…. With the inclusion of a few test articles the news section is now working. Email fire brigade type news to news@taradalefire.org.nz for inclusion. To see older articles click on the More….. link under the news | |
| Napier CFO warns about the dangers of hot fat. Napier CFO Paul Baxter has warned about the dangers of hot fat in an article in the Hawkes Bay Today newspaper | |
| Remember, Remember the 5th of November…. With Guy Fawkes night approaching remember fire safety at all times. Hastings Rural Fire Officers have warned of bills for people who start fires by using fireworks carelessly. Remember your pets and safety with matches and lighters | |
| Fire Brigade Webmasters! Please email me your link so I can load it into our links database | |
| Appliance run stats are now generated monthly as well as the yearly listings | | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
