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Taradale Volunteer Fire Brigade. Here to serve our local community. Currently looking for new crew members.

We are currently looking for new members to join our friendly crew. If you think you have what it takes, are enthusiastic and are available to come to call outs, we want you. You must have a NZ Drivers Licence, live locally and be able to pass a medical and police check. If your interested please come along to one of our training nights, which are every Monday 6:30pm - 9pm or if you would like more information please do not hesitate to contact us either by phone or private message on Facebook.

03/10/2026

🏆 Taradale Volunteer Fire Brigade Honours Evening 2026 👨‍🚒

Last night we celebrated the incredible commitment, service and achievements of our brigade members at our annual Honours Evening.

A big congratulations to everyone recognised for their service, and especially to our trophy winners:

🏆 Dennis Bristow Award - Adam Loseby
🏆 Peter Burns Award - Nicola Hibberd
🏆 Brian Wise Award Firefighter of the Year - Nelly Conway

We also recognised:

🎖️ 3 Year Certificates
• Nick Haywood
• Nelly Conway
• Adam Loseby

🎖️ 2 Year Silver Bars
• Dylan Marsh — 7 years’ service
• Aiden Pidd — 7 years’ service
• Billy Mete — 9 years’ service
• Steve Smithers — 15 years’ service
• Andrew Joseph — 21 years’ service
• Nicole Parkinson — 23 years’ service

🏅 Long Service & Good Conduct
• LSGC Medal — Steve Smithers, 14 years’ service
• LSGC 7 Year Bar — Andrew Joseph, 21 years’ service
• LSGC 7 Year Bar — Nicole Parkinson, 21 years’ service

Congratulations to everyone who received an award or service recognition. These milestones represent years of giving up evenings, weekends, sleep and time with family to serve our community.

Thank you for your commitment to Taradale and the wider Hawke’s Bay community. 🚒❤️

And a big thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate the achievements of our crew.

27/09/2026

🏃‍♂️ Well done to our crew!

A big congratulations to our Taradale Fire Brigade members who took part in the Cape Kidnappers Trail Run yesterday! 👏

Awesome effort getting out there and taking on the challenge. 🚒💪

26/09/2026

The crew visited Greenmeadows Primary for some Friday Fun 🌼☀️💦🚒

17/09/2026

Our crews 184th call for 2026 🚒

15/09/2026

🚒 Monday night training at PanPac

A few of our Taradale crew headed along to PanPac on Monday night to join Napier and Bay View volunteers, District Trainers and St John for a scenario-based training exercise.

The focus for the evening was search and rescue in the PanPac tunnels, putting the crews through a challenging and realistic scenario in a complex environment.

It was a great opportunity for our members to train alongside other emergency services, practise working together and put their skills to the test.

A big thanks to everyone involved in putting the training together and to PanPac for allowing us to use the site. 👨‍🚒🚑🔥

10/09/2026

August 2026 Call-Outs 🚒

August saw our Taradale crew respond to 23 calls across the month.

🔥 2 vegetation fires
🔥 2 miscellaneous fires
🌩️ 1 weather incident
🏠 3 structure fires
⚠️ 3 hazardous incidents
🚗 2 motor vehicle accidents
🚨 10 alarm activations

A big thank you to our members for continuing to drop everything, day or night, to respond when our community needs us. 🚒🚒

06/09/2026

👨‍🚒❤️ Happy Father’s Day!

Today we’re celebrating all the incredible dads and stepdads we have here at Taradale Volunteer Fire Brigade the ones who somehow manage to juggle family life, work, training nights and those unexpected call-outs! 🚒

A special shoutout to our very own father-son duo, Tyler and his dad Tony. 👨‍👦‍🚒 It’s pretty special having two generations of the same family serving our community side by side.

To all the dads, stepdads and father figures in our brigade and our wider community thank you for everything you do, both at home and in the community.

Happy Father’s Day! ❤️🚒

02/09/2026

👨‍🚒 Employer Recognition Evening 👩‍🚒

On Friday night, we had the pleasure of hosting our Employer Recognition Evening a chance to acknowledge and say a huge thank you to the incredible employers who support our members to be available when the call comes in. 🚒❤️

We’re incredibly grateful for the ongoing support, flexibility and understanding our employers show our brigade. Their support makes such a difference and allows our volunteers to balance work commitments with serving our community.

A huge thank you to the FENZ Employer Recognition Team for funding and supplying the evening and helping us celebrate the important role employers play in supporting volunteer firefighters.

And of course, a big thank you to The Puketapu for looking after us with great food 👌🏼

To all the employers who continue to support our volunteers thank you! Your support does not go unnoticed. 🙌🚒

29/08/2026

👩‍🚒 MEET THE BRIGADE — MACY PENN

Meet firefighter Macy Penn! 🚒

Macy has been part of the Taradale Volunteer Fire Brigade for 1 year and 3 months and she’s loving every minute of it!

When she’s not in the fire truck, you’ll usually find her in the kitchen 👩‍🍳 Macy works as a chef at The Puketapu, and is lucky enough to have a schedule that allows her to respond to calls when she can, whether that’s during the day or in the middle of the night.

A huge thank you to The Puketapu for supporting Macy and giving her the flexibility to volunteer alongside her job! 🙌

So, why did she join?

Honestly… she wanted to be in the rush of it all and, of course, to help people! 🔥

Growing up, Macy always wanted to be a first responder of some sort, so finding her way to the Taradale Volunteer Fire Brigade felt like the perfect fit.

And being part of something that’s pretty male dominated is nothing new for Macy! She grew up doing speedway, so she’s no stranger to holding her own in a male-dominated environment. 😏🏁

22/08/2026

Meet the Brigade — Bryn Shaw

Meet Bryn Shaw 👋

🚒 Firefighter
⏱️ 6 months with the brigade
👷 Production Supervisor

Bryn had wanted to join the brigade for the last 8 or so years, but the timing had never quite worked out. Now he’s finally made it happen!

“I’ve always wanted to give back to the community and help others.”

We’re stoked to have you on the team, Bryn! 👨‍🚒🔥

Address

5 Meeanee Road
Taradale
4112

Telephone

(06) 845 9440

Website

http://www.fireandemergency.nz/

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