A 3rd Alarm blaze at the former Wainuiomata College was widely reported by the media in Wellington recently. Hutt Valley Fire Police were amongst the NZFS resources dispatched to the scene.

Stuff.co.nz carried an early story and this was followed up by a detailed article in the Dominion Post which revealed that three Teenagers had been charged with Arson, and provided some background on the disused school grounds.

The blaze at it's height was an impressive sight.

The Midwinter express - not to be confused with the Goodwill Express - ran on 3 July between Wellington City and Upper Hutt. This special event - put on by TranzMetro/KiwiRail in conjunction with several other organisations, was organised to bring young cancer patients from Wellington Hospital out to Upper Hutt where Go Wellington had arranged a bus ride to Trentham Army Camp.

At Trentham Camp members of a variety of organisations - including Police, Fire (and Fire Police), the New Zealand Army and others - put on a day of display, demonstration and fun for the kids (of all ages). Photos and more after the jump.

Saturday 12 June saw the Hutt Valley Fire Police Unit host Fire Police and Operational Support staff from Featherston, Greytown, Wainuiomata and Wellington's various Fire Police and Operational Support Units at the Messines Army Centre, Trentham, for a day of training particularly focussed on the skills and knowledge required by support personnel.

The full day of training covered a variety of areas including:

• Fire Legislation
  
• The Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS)
  
• Salvage
  
• Knots
  
• Traffic Control
  
• Scene Protection
  
• Fire Safety & Promotional Resources
  
• Safe Person Concept
  
• Land Mobile Radio and Incident Ground Communications
  
• Lighting
  
• Proceeding to Incidents
  
• Health & Safety
  

Photos and more after the jump....

Hutt Valley Fire Police were responded to a Second Alarm at the NZDF's Headquarters Joint Forces NZ site in Trentham this morning. Rimutaka 4928 responded, along with available members. The cause of the fire alarm activation was in the end identified as an electrical issue associated with an Air Conditioning unit, and the greater alarm units including the HVFP were stood down reasonably quickly; members did conduct some traffic control to deal with the chaos caused by several appliances parking on both sides of the road outside!

The crew of HUTT407 responded to a domestic flooding situation in the hills above Lower Hutt around 3pm this afternoon and quickly saw the need for HVFP's AquaVac's to assist with the removal of water; a Hot Water Cylinder had burst, releasing a volume of water into an upper-floor area of a 2-level residential property which promptly made it's way downstairs...

RIMU4926 and 4928 responded along with members of HVFP and provided equipment and manpower to assist in the cleanup.

Updated: Now with Photos after the jump.

A significant downpour around end-of-business yesterday was too much for the roof & drainage of the Evans Building on Queens Street in Upper Hutt. With fuses blowing and water streaming down the walls of Video Ezy (on the ground floor), the NZFS Crews from Rimutaka and Trentham who responded were quick to request the Fire Police Unit with Aquavacs to assist with Salvage.

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