Firefighter missing

2023 - 2 - 14

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Missing Muriwai firefighter Dave van ... (New Zealand Herald)

The volunteer firefighter believed to have been missing in a Muriwai slip was local father and vet, Dave van Zwananberg, it's been reported.

Details were still unclear as to whether anyone else was inside the house at the time. Fire and Emergency New Zealand deputy national commander Steph Rotarangi said the two firefighters were trapped in a slip. One firefighter was pulled badly injured from the debris.

Body found in search for missing firefighter at Muriwai (1 News)

"I acknowledge the difficult time this is for all of us, particularly for family, the Muriwai Volunteer Fire Brigade and all at Fire and Emergency New Zealand," ...

"Our teams on the ground... "It may be worth saying as we enter today as the sun comes up… "

Cyclone Gabrielle: Body found in search for missing Muriwai firefighter (Stuff.co.nz)

Dave van Zwanenberg has been missing since a slip brought a house down in Muriwai on Monday night. A body has now been found in the search area.

“This morning, our team, working alongside police, located a body in the area where they were searching. Then we heard that several people lost their houses and everything and one fireman was [missing]. Delvin said the Muriwai community fire station had been stood down and Fire and Emergency was “wrapping welfare around families”. On Wednesday morning, Fire and Emergency’s head of Auckland and Northland response, Ron Devlin, said one of the organisation’s biggest focuses was “the welfare of our people”. Fire and Emergency chief executive Kerry Gregory earlier said the last thing rescuers wanted was to make the situation worse and that was why the process to locate the firefighter was a slow one. Fire and Emergency has located a body in the search for a firefighter missing after Cyclone Gabrielle.

Muriwai slip: Body found in search for trapped firefighter (RNZ)

A body has been found by searchers looking for a missing firefighter in Muriwai, on Auckland's west coast.

So it's going to be a long healing process for brigades, because we don't lose firefighters every day. Other properties on Motutara Road were evacuated too after the slip, and Auckland Council's emergency management team on Tuesday asked property owners in the worst-affected parts of Muriwai to consider their own safety and stay out of their homes for the time being. "Our deepest condolences to the family, to the community, and to all volunteers and emergency services - this will no doubt hit hard," McAnulty said. "We will provide more information later today. I acknowledge the difficult time this is for all of us, particularly for family, the Muriwai Volunteer Fire Brigade and all at Fire and Emergency New Zealand." He is now in critical but stable condition.

Body found in search for NZ firefighter missing after Cyclone Gabrielle (9News)

A body has been found in the search for a firefighter missing after Cyclone Gabrielle, as another firefigh...

"A lot of families displaced. A lot of homes without power. "This morning, our team, working alongside police, located a body in the area where they were searching. This latest disaster is the third national state of emergency after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and is due to a weather system off the country's north that is tracking south and east along the coast. "Over 30 state highway closures and the shutdown of air, sea, and rail transport for much of the northern half of the North Island," the post said. "With an event of the size and the scale that we have seen in the last 24 hours, what we have to do is make sure that we're dealing with the most pressing needs across the country as quickly as we can," Hipkins told reporters. "We've seen the worst of the storm now." "We have made a request to NEMA for enough food and water to supply the district for seven days." "Certainly, the reports that we've had is that it's the most extreme weather event that we've experienced in a very long time," Hipkins told reporters in Wellington. The government declared a national State of Emergency on Tuesday for the third time in its history, with the storm described as the nation's most severe weather event in years. A body has been found in the search for him this morning, but it has not yet been identified. A body has been found in the search for a firefighter missing after

Cyclone Gabrielle: Body found in search for firefighter missing in ... (Newshub)

Fire and Emergency said in a statement two volunteer firefighters were trapped in the collapsed house at Muriwai Beach on Monday night. Related News.