Anybody

Starts at Thursday, 12 February, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 12 February, 2026 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Light Rescue
  • Stretchers & stretcher management - Ferno/backboard/sked/sheet & scoop
  • Stretcher bridle set ups (Pg 104 Field Guide)
  • Patient lashing – spider, tape or rope
  • Stretchers & stairs – how to manage
Competencies obtained.
  • Can package a patient into a stretcher as a team member
Lead: Shaun
Support: Dingo, Jane
 
Starts at Monday, 26 January, 2026 - 00:00
Ends at Monday, 26 January, 2026 - 01:00
Location Your Home, The Sandy Beach

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Starts at Thursday, 29 January, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 29 January, 2026 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

This day has been rescheduled for a team deployment debrief.
 
 
 
Light Rescue
  • Action strategies - (REPEAT/CART & TCHARD)
  • ASR levels – 1-5 and what they mean (Pg 27 Field Guide)
  • Building triage – how buildings are classified (Pg 28 Field Guide)
  • Tabletop exercise (whiteboard)
  • Building markings and mapping (external) – Pg 29-36, Pg 57-58 Field guide)
  • Room markings (Pg57- 58 Field guide)
  • Victim markings – Pg 41 Field guide

Competencies obtained.

  • Complete a INSARAG Victim marking
  • Map a site using USAR sides & quadrants

Lead: Shaun

Support: RT Team Management

Starts at Thursday, 15 January, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 15 January, 2026 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Foundation

  • Welcome back
  • SoP’s - Familiarity
  • Other yearly requirements and updates – training commitments
  • VR refresher – checking in, updating certs & information
  • Calendar – were to find it
  • Expectations – attendance
  • Deployment processes – how, when, why & what
  • PPE checks – personal gear checks, red bag, recon vest, yellow bag

Competencies obtained

  • Familiarity with team information management systems
  • Familiarity with Deployment Process
  • Understands team base H&S induction requirements

Lead: Shaun

Support: RT Team Management

Starts at Thursday, 13 March, 2025 - 18:30
Ends at Thursday, 13 March, 2025 - 19:30
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Kia ora NZRT Training Coordinators

 

This quarterly online meeting is an opportunity for all NZRT Training Coordinators to get together to collaborate, share ideas and resources for all things training related.

There will be Steering Group updates provided on training related matters.

 

This invite has been sent to all Training Coordinator points of contact on the attached contact list, and some Team Leaders that wish to be included, please forward this invite if I have missed someone out.

If your team are unable to attend on this date, I will send meeting notes out afterwards as an FYI.

Starts at Thursday, 12 June, 2025 - 18:30
Ends at Thursday, 12 June, 2025 - 19:30
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Kia ora NZRT Training Coordinators

 

This quarterly online meeting is an opportunity for all NZRT Training Coordinators to get together to collaborate, share ideas and resources for all things training related.

There will be Steering Group updates provided on training related matters.

 

This invite has been sent to all Training Coordinator points of contact on the attached contact list, and some Team Leaders that wish to be included, please forward this invite if I have missed someone out.

If your team are unable to attend on this date, I will send meeting notes out afterwards as an FYI.

Starts at Thursday, 27 February, 2025 - 16:00
Ends at Thursday, 27 February, 2025 - 18:00
Location FENZ Region 2 HQ, 143 Durham Street, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand

Training sub-committee meeting.

Starts at Thursday, 30 January, 2025 - 16:00
Ends at Thursday, 30 January, 2025 - 18:00
Location FENZ Region 2 HQ, 143 Durham Street, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand

Training sub-committee meeting.

Starts at Thursday, 12 June, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 12 June, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Media Night:

A reporter from SunLIve will be present to take pictures and interviews with members leading into National Volunteer Week and also the end of our recruitment campaign.

SunLive is owned by NZME (Hearld and BOP Times) so the story could be in any of these papers and websites.

 

We will be doing a ladder hinge for the night with report willing to be a patient for us.

 

Compentencies are:

 

 

Lead: Shaun

Support: Dingo

Starts at Thursday, 5 June, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 5 June, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Strand:  General Rescue and Deployment 

Ladders and ladder lift 

 

Compentencies are:

Ladder awareness and use

Deployment Awareness

Lead: Kerry

 

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