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safercommunities Hibiscus Coast Community Patrol If you are thinking about a career in the Police, having a background serving as a member of your local Community Patrol will add a great deal of weight to your application. Indeed, Community Patrol New Zealand’s (CPNZ) newest patrol consists entirely of young people who are planning to join the Police. They are given special training and experience to develop the physical and mental skills necessary to pass the Police entrance tests. At the same time, they provide an essential social tool that is assisting the Police to get more involved with the broad ethnicity of greater Auckland. Among the 200-strong group, more than 50 different languages are spoken.
give you all the necessary kit and training. Sponsorship from businesses is always welcome and tax receipts will be provided for contributions made. This is a voluntary organisation and CPNZ Chairman Frank Rands notes, “Special grants have allowed us to provide basic first aid training for ten of our patrollers, all of whom now have much-improved two-way radios. However, we do need more funding to operate more effectively.” Sponsors also have the opportunity to have an advertising decal on the patrol vehicles.
If you are interested in joining or supporting this local and acThis new Auckland Safety Community Patrol will operate tive Community Patrol, including as a path towards joining the through all three Police regions of Greater Auckland and your Police, please get in touch with their Chairman, Frank Rands on local Community Patrol is delighted to have the opportunity of 09 426 3122. passing enquiries from younger people over to this well organised and highly effective organisation. A number of improvements have been made in the Community Patrol that we have around Millwater. These dedicated people patrol mostly during the hours of darkness, so some of you may not be actually aware of the additional pairs of eyes and ears that help keep us all safe and secure. There are now at least four regular patrols every week, which is a significant improvement over the past two years. New volunteers are always needed, so please think about coming and joining us – we will
Winter Fire SafetyTips As the colder weather is slowly starting to set in, now’s a great Often, letter box numbers are obscured because of overgrown time to check out our winter fire safety tips. trees and bushes, or the numbers have actually fallen off. This makes locating you very difficult, particularity in the dark of A few key points to remember: night. Make sure chimneys have been swept and always use a spark- If you would like additional safety tips, please visit www.fire. guard; org.nz for more information. Ashes can take up to five days to cool, so store them in a metal ** “From 1st July 2016 landlords will need to have working bucket outside and pour water over them; long-life smoke alarms installed in their residential rental homes.” Make sure electric blankets are not showing any signs of wear. If in doubt, get them checked by a competent service agent; Be Safe Out There Regards Keep clothing, furniture and curtains at least a metre away from heaters and fireplaces, and, most importantly; Station Officer Dave Lattimore Ensure you have WORKING smoke alarms**. The Fire Service Silverdale Volunteer Fire recommends long-life photoelectric smoke alarms, which can Brigade be purchased from any good hardware store. Make sure we can find you.
