Muriwai firefighter

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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… "

Search resumes for missing firefighter in Muriwai (The Spinoff)

Two deaths have been confirmed overnight, though only one of these has definitively been linked to the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle. The emergency management ...

Fire and Emergency and Police have have told the minister they were able to meet the demand for resources in flood-hit areas. “I received a text this morning from the mayors of Gisborne and Napier/Hastings but I don’t know if that was sent yesterday,” he said. “The longer the search goes on, we’ve got grave concerns for the safety of our firefighter,” an official said. “Our intention is to bring our firefighter home.” About 1,000 people were rescued yesterday in Hawke’s Bay but that number “was going to climb”. “But what is of concern is there are still areas that don’t have power.” Roughly 300 people were rescued from rooftops in Hawke’s Bay yesterday when the weather cleared. The choppers have also been assisting in moving 60 to 100 people from Hastings and transporting medical supplies around the region. A clearer picture is also emerging of the devastation caused in the area with aerial shots of Wairoa showing the extent of the flood damage. On the power situation, the minister said about 144,000 households across the North Island were still in the dark. As explained by Stuff, she was due to visit the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals centenary event in Palmerston North because of her connection as a colonel in chief. Want to read The Bulletin in full?

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.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Firefighter rescued from Muriwai house collapse ... (Newshub)

Craig Stevens was rescued after he and another firefighter became trapped in a slip while investigating flooding at a house on Motutara Road. On Wednesday Fire ...

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 missing firefighter (Otago Daily Times)

In an update from the government on the cyclone response before midday, Emergency Management Minsiter Kieran McAnulty and Defence Force Minister Andrew Little ...

So it's going to be a long healing process for brigades, because we don't lose firefighters every day. "We will provide more information later today. He is now in critical but stable condition.

Body found during search in Muriwai (Te Ao Māori News)

Urban Search and Rescue teams have located a body while searching for a missing firefighter in Muriwai, according to a statement from Fire and Emergency...

Although one was rescued and has been in hospital, severe weather frustrated efforts to find the second firefighter. "We will provide more information later today. While working with the assistance of police, the team found a body in the area where they were searching.