Te Aroha Volunteer Fire Brigade

20/12/2025

Season’s greetings everyone!
As we enjoy the festive season, please remember to stay safe. Whether you’re cooking, travelling, or celebrating with whānau and friends.

If you have an emergency, call 111 and ask for Fire.

From all of us here at the Te Aroha Fire Brigade, we wish you a safe, happy holiday season and a very Merry Christmas!

19/12/2025

The best gift you can give a firefighter this holiday season is simple - the chance to spend more time with their family.
You can help make that happen by being a responsible fire lighter:

🧐 Go to www.checkitsalright.nz/ before lighting a fire
🧐 Look out for windy conditions
🧐 Make sure your fire is fully out before you leave

Such small steps make a big difference. Thank you for doing your part.

18/12/2025

Christmas Safety Alert 🚨
Can you spot the potential fire sitting under this tree?

Lithium-ion batteries are common in many Christmas presents including toys, tools, devices and phones. When used properly, these batteries are fine, but they can sometimes fail and overheat, catch fire or explode.

To make sure your Christmas presents don’t go up in flames, keep an eye out for any signs that something is wrong. 👀

This could be a strange smell or a change in colour, too much heat, a change in shape, swelling, leaking, or odd noises.

If you notice anything unusual with your battery, stop using it straight away and dispose of it - contact your local council to find out where you can recycle lithium-ion batteries. ♻️

17/12/2025

THANK YOU Te Aroha for another awesome lolly run. It was great seeing all the smiles and waves, and we appreciate all of the gifts we received. We hope you enjoyed seeing the trucks and the crews.

From all of us at the Te Aroha Volunteer Fire Brigade, we wish you a safe and Merry Christmas 🙂

17/12/2025

Lolly Run Alert!
We are hitting the streets TODAY from 5pm with smiles, sirens & lollies.
Listen out, come say hi and grab a lolly when we roll by!

16/12/2025

Honours Night 2025

Tonight we had our Honors Night to celebrate and acknowledge the incredible dedication and hard work of our brigade members.

Thank you to all our firefighters for the time, effort, and passion you put into the brigade and the community.

16/12/2025

Our four newest Qualified Firefighters (QFF)

Last month, Charlene, Charlotte, Hemi and Danuson headed down to Rotorua for their 5 day QFF course.

Huge congratulations to you all on your success, awesome to see the hard work and commitment has paid off.

Well done!

14/12/2025

This Wednesday, 17th from 5pm 🍬🍭

Te Aroha, lock it into your calendars! The annual Te Aroha Volunteer Fire Brigade Lolly Scramble is hitting the streets again on the 17th of Dec from 5pm. Our trucks will be making their way around Te Aroha, Waihou and Waitoa handing out lollies to all the kids. We can’t wait to see you all on the streets.

14/12/2025

Call out #223 - 9th Dec - 6:30pm
🚒 TEAR377, TEAR371
Commercial Alarm Activation

Call out #224 - 11th Dec - 11:30pm
🚒 TEAR377, TEAR371
Motor Vehicle Crash

Call out #225 - 12th Dec - 9:20pm
🚒 TEAR377, TEAR371
Power Line Sparking

Call out #226 - 13th Dec - 4:17am
🚒 TEAR371, PAER511, PAER517, PURI541
House Fire 2nd Alarm, Assist Paeroa

14/12/2025

Brigade Kids’ Christmas Party 2025

Today we held our Christmas party for the children of our brigade members. We do this as a thank you to the kids for their mums and dads running out at all hours to help the community.

A big thank you to everyone involved for making this such an enjoyable day.

14/12/2025

Looks like Santa traded his sleigh for a fire truck 👀

11/12/2025

You have probably noticed that summer has well and truly arrived. Please be VERY careful if you are lighting fires. Stay nearby and watch carefully. Call 111 if you are even slightly concerned.

Use checkitsalright.nz

Tell your neighbours and extinguish before dark to minimise concern.

Carefully clear away vegetation around the fire and pay attention to the wind strength and direction. Remember - a wind change can quickly re-ignite a fire from embers even after you think it is out.

Stay safe and reduce the risk of fire over summer. Find out what you need to do before you light a fire outdoors and whether you need a fire permit.