Kinloch Fire Brigade

13/09/2025

🔥 A huge THANK YOU to the awesome local businesses already sponsoring the Kinloch Volunteer Fire Brigade! 🚒❤️

We’re still on the lookout for more supporters 💪

Keen to get involved? Flick us a message or email David.MacCallum@fireandemergency.nz

It’s time for a refresh! After many years, our employers board (soon to be our sponsors board) is getting an update. 🔥

If you’re a local business—or simply someone who’d love to support our community—we’d love to hear from you! Send us a message to learn how you can get involved.

And if giving your time feels more like your style, we’re always looking for friendly volunteers to join our team. 💛

12/09/2025

Massive thanks to Michelle Meyers for supplying our station with a new chest freezer 🧊

Much appreciated 👏🏽

04/09/2025

MEMBER PROFILE

Brian McKeown 👨🏼‍🚒

Role: OIC and Chairman

Any additional skills? Fire Fighter, Pump Operator, ERD Driver, Chainsaw, Four Wheel Drive Qualified, Officer Tactical Command.

How long have you been part of the brigade? Six years.

What is your day job? Retired

What do you enjoy doing outside of the station? Enjoy mountain biking, golf and caravan trips.

What brought you to join the brigade? When we moved to Kinloch the Brigade and they were looking for members even at 68!!

Highlight as part of the brigade so far? Helping the community and working with a great group of like minded people!

26/08/2025

MEMBER PROFILE

Suzy Harris ❤️‍🔥

Role: Brigade Support (non-operational). My duties involve secretary/treasurer mahi and supporting the crew with documentation of the physical skills they are teaching/learning/practicing so they have more time to do the important hands on mahi!

Do you have any additional skills or have you attended any cool courses? I get the opportunity to attend courses that strengthen me in my role.

Years of Service: 2 and a half years

What is your day job? Early Childhood Kaiako

What brought you to join the brigade?
My family has lived in the village for 14 years, over the years I have heard the siren go off and thought of the members of our community who have stepped up to help others in their time of need. Having a lot of respect for them and having the feeling of security of knowing they are there, I dropped in on a training night to see how I could best support them to keep doing their amazing mahi.

Highlight as part of the brigade so far?
Becoming a part of our local FENZ family and helping with community events.

24/08/2025

It’s time for a refresh! After many years, our employers board (soon to be our sponsors board) is getting an update. 🔥

If you’re a local business—or simply someone who’d love to support our community—we’d love to hear from you! Send us a message to learn how you can get involved.

And if giving your time feels more like your style, we’re always looking for friendly volunteers to join our team. 💛

21/08/2025

FOR SALE

12m Ladder. $500 🪜

Proceeds going to our new locker room at Station.

Please contact Brian for more information on 027 928 6333 📞

05/08/2025

We are on the lookout for a chest freezer!! If anyone has one they would be interested in donating to the brigade please get in touch with Brian: 027 928 6333 ☺️🔥

29/07/2025

MEMBER PROFILE

Megan Harris 👨🏼‍🚒

Rank: Rural Firefighter and Recruit Urban Firefighter

Additional Skills: I’ve loved attending my working with aircraft course and a fire behaviour course. This was really beneficial to understand how fire behaves in a rural environment. I also respond with Lake Taupo Volunteers during the work day. 🚁

Years Of Service: 2 and a half years.

Occupation: By day I am an apprentice aluminium joiner, making windows and doors! 🚪

What brought you to become a fire fighter?
I joined because Kinloch had an open night and Taine dragged me along. I was signing the papers that night!

Highlight as a firefighter so far?
Being put forward to work the Te T**e Road fire along side the Lake Taupo Volunteer Fire Brigade where I completed two 12 hour night shifts. 🔥

24/07/2025

MEMBER PROFILE

Brea Walker 👨🏼‍🚒

Rank: Qualified Firefighter

Additional Skills: Emergency Response Driver, Pump Operator 🚨

Years Of Service: 2 and a half years.

Occupation: I am an Event Rider - I run my own business training horses 🐎

What brought you to become a fire fighter?
When I was in year 6 at school my neighbours house burnt down and I was the first to spot the fire and watch the whole thing unfold! This certainly sparked an interest.

Highlight as a firefighter so far?
My Recruits course! Such an amazing week and we had such an awesome crew there. And my first experience of live fire! 🔥

22/07/2025

Awesome training last week getting our new recruits practicing their skills!! 🚒

Establishing water to the truck from a hydrant, setting up a ground monitor and working with fire extinguishers 🧯

A great opportunity for our new QFFs to practice their skills by teaching too!

18/07/2025

MEMBER PROFILE

We are going to introduce members of our small but mighty Kinloch Brigade over the coming weeks! First up…

Taine Apiti 👨🏼‍🚒

Rank: Qualified Firefighter

Additional Skills: Emergency Response Driver, Pump Operator 🚨

Years Of Service: 3-4 Years. Initially started at Awhitu Station near Auckland before transferring to Kinloch.

Occupation: Law Student 👨🏼‍🎓

What brought you to become a fire fighter?
My first brigade had an open night, I signed up straight away.

Highlight as a firefighter so far?
My first building fire 🔥

‘Taine is an all round legend always at station with a smile. We are lucky to have Taine in Kinloch on university holidays. When based at university he is part of Tauranga Station.’

09/07/2025

🟠 Severe Weather Update🟡

Heavy rain and strong winds move in on Friday.

A lot of this rain will be falling on saturated soils so impacts will come about faster.

Rapidly rising rivers, surface flooding and potential slips.

Get all the details here: https://www.metservice.com/warnings/home