News Story
November has been the busiest month ever for our Brigade. Members responded to a record 81 call-outs, easily surpassing our earlier busiest months. Included in the figures are two busy weekends, one in itself a record-breaker with 17 calls, and although this included Guy Fawkes activities, few calls attended were connected with fireworks or bonfires. The weekend, 11th to 13th was also well above-average with 8 responses. The 81 calls for the month included great variety, seldom encountered by members of any other brigade in such a short time... numerous Greater Alarms at structure fires, outbreaks involving suspected clandestine drug operations, 3 crash-alerts at airports, support for firefighters fighting a scrub blaze on Browns Island, gas leaks, house fires, motor accidents, gas main ruptures and power lines down. As well as emergencies, the Brigade was busy with other events: it held its end-of-year major training exercise, staged its annual Honours Ceremony, attended a "house-burn" exercise at Hobsonville, helped with 2 community events and assisted with traffic management for various Christmas parades to ensure the safe arrival of Santa. Overall, it's been a very busy month!
