Mayor View Volunteer Fire Brigade

17/06/2026

A massive shout-out to our volunteers who keep the Waihi Beach Community Shop running day in and day out. Your time, dedication, and hard work make a real difference to our community, and we are so grateful for everything you do.

Every purchase made helps support three local emergency service organisations: Mayor View Volunteer Fire Brigade, Waihi Beach Coastguard, Waihi Beach Lifeguard Services.
The funds raised through shop sales help these vital organisations continue serving and protecting our community.

A huge thank you also goes to the many members of our community who generously donate goods to the shop. Without your donations, there would be nothing to sell, and this incredible cycle of community support would not be possible.

Together, you are helping make Waihi Beach a stronger, safer, and more connected place to live.

Thank you to every volunteer, donor, and customer who plays a part in this amazing community effort. We appreciate you all!

15/06/2026

A few facts around our Fire & Emergency NZ Volunteers:
~ Volunteers make up around 80% of our workforce
~ There are 590 volunteer fire brigades across Aotearoa New Zealand
~ There are more than 11,800 volunteers
~ We respond to roughly 100,500 incidents a year
~ The most northern Brigade is Houhora
~ The most southern Brigade is Oban

So here's to all our volunteers – always ready, always willing, and always there when our community needs them most. Thank you for your dedication, your sacrifice, and your service. Cheers 🥂🍻

11/06/2026

We got a little knotty at training on Tuesday night, putting the fall restraint kit through its paces while sharpening our knot-tying, harness, and line-handling skills. A great hands-on session building confidence, competence, and teamwork in an important operational area.

04/06/2026

Four of our crew, along with Tong from FENZ, caught up with a bunch of really cool kids at Waihī Beach School - Te Kura Tātahi o Waihī this morning to complete the Firewise program.
We had an awesome time, got asked lots of great questions, neat bunch of kids, thanks for having us 🚒👨‍🚒👩‍🚒👨‍🚒👨‍🚒

26/05/2026

A huge congratulations to our four incredible Fire Fighters — FF Jasmine Yorke, FF Sarah Newton Gardner , SFF Steve Webster & SFF Jed Moriarty — on your recent climb up Auckland's Sky Tower.

What a massive effort and an incredible achievement! We are all so very proud of you all — well done team!

Big shout out to OceanaGold Waihi, Waihi Mines Rescue & Waihi Volunteer Fire Brigade for their support to all involved 🙌 And congratulations to all of your own members on their outstanding achievements as well — an amazing effort all around!

22/05/2026

We recently celebrated our Mayor View Fire Brigade Honours Night, where quite a number of members were recognised with Silver and/or Gold Bars for their years of dedicated service to our community.

A special congratulations goes to Firefighter of the Year, Jon Harris. Although one of the newer members of our brigade, Jon consistently gives 100% in everything he does. His dedication, work ethic, and willingness to step up make him an incredibly valued member of our team.
Congratulations Jon, and all the very best for 7-day Firefighter Course in Rotorua starting tomorrow — you’ll absolutely smash it!

We would also like to acknowledge and sincerely thank the employers of our volunteer firefighters. Their understanding, flexibility, and ongoing support in allowing members to leave work and respond to incidents plays a huge part in keeping our community safe. The commitment shown by both our firefighters and their employers does not go unnoticed, and we are incredibly grateful for the role they all play in supporting our brigade.

06/05/2026

Congratulations to our Chief Paul Tucker for the massive effort he put in to the event last weekend! Not only for the solo mission completed in an impressive 4min 22 sec time, but also with 2 fellow fire fighters, Cameron & Marty, in the relay scoring a tight 2:00:15 for their run.
https://www.ufba.org.nz/challenges/firefighter-challenge

04/05/2026

Its been a minute... time for a call out catch up:
- March 14th 4:20pm - Vegetation Fire in Gully - Athenree.
- March 27th 10:01am - House flooding - Athenree.
- April 5th 11:05am - Motorhome rolled - Waihi Beach Gorge
- April 6th 10:38pm - Tarp on Building site loose - Waihi Beach
- April 25th 9:28pm - Assist Police with road clean up (window/ranch slider glass smashed all over the road!) Athenree Gorge
- May 4th (be with you) 12:29pm - Person trapped under poles - Katikati - Mayor View stood down

23/04/2026

On ANZAC Day, we pause to honour and remember the service and sacrifice of those who have served our country.
As firefighters, we recognise the deep connection between service, courage, and community.
We stand in remembrance of those who gave so much, and in respect of those who continue to serve today.
Lest we forget.

15/04/2026