Weekly Training

Thursday training evenings
Starts at Thursday, 11 December, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 11 December, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Rope/Height software and hardware gear all layed out and explained and demonstrated from anchors to lowering and raising, stretcher set up and the arizona vortex.

 

Lead: Shaun

Support: Jon

Starts at Thursday, 4 December, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 4 December, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Strand: Foundation.

Radio communications.

Continuing on from last week we will test the local fixed repeaters and where we get good reception etc.....

Portable repeater set up, handheld radios, Ute base sets, BOP wide repeaters.

 

Set up of Air Shelter and pack up to demonstrate how it all works.

 

Lead: Shaun

Support: Peter

Starts at Thursday, 27 November, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 27 November, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Strand: Foundation.

Radio communications.

Continuing on from last week we will test the local fixed repeaters and where we get good reception etc.....

Portable repeater set up, handheld radios, Ute base sets, BOP wide repeaters.

 

Lead: Shaun

Support: Peter

Starts at Thursday, 24 July, 2025 - 17:00
Ends at Thursday, 24 July, 2025 - 22:00
Location Okere Falls, Okere Falls, New Zealand

Resque 3 are planning their night training exercise again.
Note this is a Thursday night.
 
 
Thank you for your interest in participating on the Flood Response Night Ex. We are going to try again on the 24th of July. Roughly the same plan as before.
 
Situation: TBC
Location: Ohau channel, Rotorua
Times: 18:30 to 21:00 
 
Please feel free to invite others, we have 25 responders to keep busy during that time.
 
I'll send details of the Situation and PPE required the week of the 14th July.
 
Starts at Thursday, 20 November, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 20 November, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Strand: Foundation.

Radio communications.

Portable repeater set up, handheld radios.

Radio zones and channels will be explained.

Where to locate lists of channels available.

Practical scenario with the magic lego sets.

 

Lead: Shaun

Support: Kerry

Starts at Thursday, 23 October, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 23 October, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Strand: General Rescue

Lowers, 2 point, 4 point, ladder slide.

 

Lead: Shaun

Support: Craig

Starts at Thursday, 13 November, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 13 November, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Strand: General Rescue

Rubble pile searching.

Final practice before assessment weekend.

Competencies: 

 

Lead: Shaun

Support: Dingo

Starts at Thursday, 6 November, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 6 November, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Strand: General Rescue 

Building Searching at the Fire Rescue Airport

Internal search of the building, victim locating, mapping.

 

Lead:Shaun

 

Starts at Thursday, 30 October, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 30 October, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Strand: General Rescue

Medical scenarios - Practical Triage Test

Lead: Jane

Support: Robyn

Starts at Thursday, 16 October, 2025 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 16 October, 2025 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Strand: General Rescue

Building Reconn, internal and external searching, patient location mapping etc.....

Lead: Shaun

Support: Peter

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