REST NZRT4

REST NZRT4 Palmerston North City Council's Rescue and Emergency Support Team (REST) is a nationally accredited response team.

RT4 volunteers come from all walks of life to support the community during local events and national Civil Defence emergencies. Palmerston North's Rescue Emergency Support Team (REST) is one of 18 nationally accredited emergency rescue teams in the country. They are run by Palmerston North City Council as part of the Civil defence act of 2002. The team, who are all volunteers, provide support to

emergency services within the Manawatu region for:
Civil defence emergency management
Light urban search & rescue
Flood, swift water or high angle rope rescue emergencies

REST has been registered as a NZ Response Team with the designation NZRT-4 since 2004. This registration recognises the team’s ability to provide emergency response anywhere within New Zealand if requested by an affected region. In 2016 the team :
attended 83 Activities (training, displays, callouts)
Donated over 3800 hours of time to training & events
Donated over 200 hours to incident response
Assisted the Police, the Fire Service, and SPCA National Rescue Unit

With national volunteer week upon us, It's a time to reflect on the impact our volunteers have in our communities. We ha...
14/06/2026

With national volunteer week upon us, It's a time to reflect on the impact our volunteers have in our communities. We have asked team members of RT4 to share why they volunteer.

Frankie has been volunteering for 7 years. This is what she had to say:
"Volunteering is different to being employed. Volunteers CHOOSE to donate their time, so there must be a deeply ingrained reason to keep doing so. For me - I like to help people. The skills I learn and friendships I gain along the way are added bonuses. '

14/06/2026

This week we celebrate Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu (National Volunteer Week)!

This neat video shows a snapshot of some of the day jobs that members in RT teams across our motu do when theyre not volunteering. πŸ’ͺ

IS IT A BIRD? πŸ•Š IS IT A PLANE? πŸ¦†IS IT AN OVER-USED TROPE?!! 😱Nope. It's RT4 on a roof. This past weekend, our team atten...
09/06/2026

IS IT A BIRD? πŸ•Š
IS IT A PLANE? πŸ¦†
IS IT AN OVER-USED TROPE?!! 😱

Nope. It's RT4 on a roof.
This past weekend, our team attended a storm course and became certified to use power tools to cover windows, and access and patch rooves in the event of damage from a storm. Thanks Dean from Fire Rescue and First Response for coming along to help us tick one more box for our accreditation. βœ…πŸ’ͺ

09/06/2026

Reminder about the Civil Defence Emergency alert happening on June 14th between 6-7pm. πŸ’ͺ

RT4 has been training hard in preparation for our accreditation coming in September. πŸ’ͺIn this full day rope training, we...
02/06/2026

RT4 has been training hard in preparation for our accreditation coming in September. πŸ’ͺ

In this full day rope training, we covered steep angle stretcher setups, anchors, and pickoffs amongst other important skills.
We are lucky enough to have the support of our local FENZ team who allowed us access to their tower to add some height to our systems.

Thanks Palmerston North Fire Brigade for your support. πŸ”₯

The only dummy in RT4 is our training mannequin. In this scenario, a 'runner' took a tumble down a cliff on a popular ru...
26/05/2026

The only dummy in RT4 is our training mannequin.

In this scenario, a 'runner' took a tumble down a cliff on a popular running track. RT4 carried our gear over the track, located the patient and and established a plan for access. We then sent a responder down to medically stabilize the patient before sending a stretcher crew down to extract the patient.

No responders were eaten by spiders during this scenario.... but it was a close call. πŸ•·

RT4 did a weekend swiftwater training with Fire and SLSNZ Central Region recently. We worked together to develop tactics...
19/05/2026

RT4 did a weekend swiftwater training with Fire and SLSNZ Central Region recently. We worked together to develop tactics for when we are needed in out community.
These teams are here to support each other to support you. β€οΈπŸ–€

**Edit from admin: We have many friends; we just tagged the wrong ones this time around! πŸ˜…**

Another rope training at the picturesque He Ara Kotahi bridge.This training focused on our basics of ascending and desce...
12/05/2026

Another rope training at the picturesque He Ara Kotahi bridge.

This training focused on our basics of ascending and descending with all of our recruits doing a few rotations going over the edge, and then coming back up.
RT4 is busy ticking off our skills lists for accreditation later this year, and this training saw a good number of these boxes ticked off safely and efficiently. βœ…

Whilst making the most out of warm Autumn weather, RT4 and NZ-RT3 demonstrated our swiftwater capabilities in Turangi.We...
05/05/2026

Whilst making the most out of warm Autumn weather, RT4 and NZ-RT3 demonstrated our swiftwater capabilities in Turangi.

We spent the long weekend practicing our throw-bagging, river crossings, and boat handling skills. The cherry on the cake was a scenario to prove our skills for re-accreditation.
We are pleased to announce that both teams were successful at proving our skills! 🏊
We would like to thank that accreditors who observed our scenarios, and to the team members of RT3 who came to play with us in the mighty Tongariro river. πŸ’ͺ

04/05/2026

Thanks NZ-RT3 for joining us for an incredible weekend of water, camaraderie, and collaboration. πŸ’ͺπŸ’¦

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