Raglan Operational Support Unit

Fundraiser 2012 Sat 19th May. Only 400 Ticikets are available @ $20. The Raglan VOLUNTEER Rescue Services need your Help, If you can secure a ticiket you will be entertained by the Legendary Raglan Mudsharks! Available will be Raglan Best Gourmet Food 2 $ 1o a serving. Quick FIRE Raffles, Art & Accommadation packages for Auctions. Silent Auctions prior to the event, & major items on the Night.
No ticiket No Fun. Donations accepted if unable to attend.

Our Mision is “To provide a professional response to other emergencies” and our Values are “Serving our communities” and after the last weekend spate of calls there is probably no such thing as a pure “Fire Service” we are a broard based fire, rescue and emergency responce team. Raglan may need to look at its objectives and revisit the service requirments into appliances to serve the Raglan Community.

Early Saturday a Medical asistance call, later that day a person falls down bank, Sunday, an Aroeplane decides to stay and park in the car park at the camping ground, then during the make-up a call to a rubbish fire close to a house. Thanks to the Volunteers. And more another Medical assist

What a year ahead, 2012. As K1 looks back at Steam, steaming executives, a steaming time over the holidays and a gunna, coulda, shoulda (Judge Judy) moment to think of going forward. My thanks to the team at K1, well done.

Click here to download the February issue of K1

The OSU team will be undertaking a Fire Hydrant maintenance agreement with the Waikato District Council & The RVFB.

The Service agreement is based on the following:
1. The location markings of fire hydrants shall be to SNZ PAS 4509:2003 New Zealand Fire Service Fire Fighting Water Supplies Code of Practice.
2. Marker posts shall be of an approved type, or such that is approved by the WDC, and be set vertically in the ground as close as practicable to the lot boundary and immediately opposite the hydrant.
3. Each post shall be firmly set to a height above ground of between 600 mm and 800 mm, and shall bear the inscribed letter H. Hydrant marker posts shall be painted yellow..
4. A yellow isosceles triangle of 600 mm side length pointing perpendicular to the hydrant shall be painted 150 mm from the centre of all sealed roads and on the kerb.
5. A blue glass-faced bi-directional reflective “cats eye” pavement markers 150 mm from the centre of the road on the side of the hydrant location.
The team will be Painting the Lids and flushing the Hydrants and Locating any faults.

http://raglan.gen.nz/2012/yellow-paint-appearing-around-raglan/

Paul Baxter will “ start out with a ’first 100 days’ plan for their initial action. While it is important to establish direction and position the organisation to support that direction, it is also important I make sure that the good things we have already achieved, or have in process, are locked in and not lost.”
His approach will be to visit as many stations and offices as he can, and to listen to the issues and identify those that are priorities for us as an organisation. He has been with the Fire Service for a fair period of time and has his own views about what needs to be done. He wants to validate those views with us and the NZFS Commission as our governing body as well as with other stakeholders (Raglan Community).

The areas that he will be focusing on are:
1. Enhanced development of people, particularly for leadership roles.
2. Better integration of our business functions – so we don’t continue to operate in silos.
3. Clear and simple business planning and performance across the whole organisation to improve our performance – enabling us to demonstrate value to our stakeholders.
4. Improved communication, internal and external.

The Fire Service is about people. We also have great equipment, appliances, and are improving our fire stations. To optimise all these resources, we need everyone to be engaged with our organisation’s direction and values.
This will enable us to continually improve the service that our community needs.
Over the past ten years or so we have grown into the broad-based emergency service that the public needed
Our fire-related incidents continue to decline, which is a testament to the success of our risk reduction strategies..
Other events such as rescues, medical emergencies and hazmat incidents make up an increasing percentage of our responses and communities have come to expect us to respond to these emergencies.
It is absolutely imperative that we can demonstrate that we are a reliable, effective and efficient organisation, if we are to be entrusted with greater responsibilities in the future.
He states “I am proud to be a member of the New Zealand Fire Service, as I know you are. We are all lucky to be part of a team of people who can serve our community before, during and after emergencies
I look forward to working with you and our external stakeholders as we address the challenges we have ahead of us as an organisation and in our communities.”

With the weather a bit on the wet side tha prade started on time with about twenty participants and floats with the theme of Community, Sustainable and Education and/or Safety. The Operational Support team put in a live smoke alarm to lead the floats off on another successful event.

The December issue of K1 – the New Zealand volunteer fire fighters’ magazine is out now. Read all about the model rules and also the National Combat Challenge.

Click here or on image below to download and read PDF of K1

Traffic Management at Wainui Bush Park Reserve for a Event for Welcome Home the end of year production by Whaingaroa Youth Movement. The Saturday afternoon dance performance attracted a large crowd and parking was stretched to the limit.

The audience enjoyed the high standard of dance provided by this group under the care of Patti Mitchley. Welcome Home centred on some kiwi favorites with the dance sequences based on Pavlova, Pukeko, Buzzy Bees and Rugby!