Weekly Training

Thursday training evenings
Starts at Thursday, 2 July, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 2 July, 2026 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Foundation

Survey 123 – tabletop, how to use

Competencies obtained.

Nil

Lead: Bex

Support: 

Starts at Thursday, 4 June, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 4 June, 2026 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

YODA Introduction Night to BOP Response Team

  • A look in to what we do and some scenarios to give them an idea.

Competencies obtained.

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Lead: Dingo

Support: 

Starts at Thursday, 28 May, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 28 May, 2026 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

General Rescue.

Refresher with knots, anchors and stretcher tie offs.

Lead: Dingo

Support: Shaun

Starts at Thursday, 21 May, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 21 May, 2026 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Work Stations

1. Helicpoter safety (20-30min)

2. Ladder hinge with the shed lights off and artifical lighting (i.e. portable lighting and helmet lights)

3. Stretcher carry around the stairs area.

4. Short interviews with current recruits.

These will be staged sessions for Ellie (EMBOP PIM) to take some short videos and set up a recruitment video.

 

Lead: Shaun

Support: Peter/Dingo

Starts at Thursday, 14 May, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 14 May, 2026 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Foundation

Safe Person Concept.

Competencies obtained.

Confidence with the strand requirements. Booyah

Lead: Bex

Support: Peter

Starts at Thursday, 7 May, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 7 May, 2026 - 22:00
Location Regional EMO Office Tauranga, 1 Elizabeth Street, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand

EMBOP office for a meet and greet with pizza provided.

An opportunity for EMBOP staff to thank the team for the work put in during the last few months.

 

Details of times to be confirmed.

Starts at Thursday, 30 April, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 30 April, 2026 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Split into the strand groups and make up the lists of gear to start arranging check lists

Lead: Shaun

Support: Dingo

This will be followed by some gear maintenance work as some people have still got flood suits lyning around drying.

Starts at Thursday, 23 April, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 23 April, 2026 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Foundation.

Admin night, going over some basic health and safety paperwork.

Working groups moving forward with equipment and gear chacks.

Starts at Thursday, 16 April, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 16 April, 2026 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Operation Vaianu.

Washing of 3 vans and fuel up.

Clean up of gear and debreif.

 

Starts at Thursday, 9 April, 2026 - 19:00
Ends at Thursday, 9 April, 2026 - 22:00
Location BOPRT - Base, 25 Kittyhawk Way, Mount Maunganui 3116, New Zealand

Foundation

  • Briefings – GSMEAC & other briefings (Pg 18 Field guide)
  • Debriefing – Hot/Cold (Pg 19 Field guide)
  • Handovers - (Pg 60-63 Field guide)

Competencies obtained.

  • Deliver a GSMEAC briefing for a tasking
  • Facilitate a debrief
  • Complete a Situation Report or handover (written or verbal)
  • Complete a Situation Report or handover (written or verbal)

Lead: 

Support: 

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