Wellsford Fire Brigade

28/08/2026

Come along to our Fire Brigade Quiz Night for a fun evening of laughs, friendly competition, and a few tricky questions — bring your team, test your knowledge, and help support our brigade!

21/08/2026

🔥 HERE FOR WELLSFORD 🔥

You voted and we delivered!

This morning our store owner Ollie had the pleasure of presenting Wellsford Fire Brigade with a big $500 donation from The Top Shop. 🚒❤️

A huge thank you to everyone who voted and helped us show some love to the locals who are always here for Wellsford.

This one’s for our community! 🙌

15/06/2026

Volunteers Week Thank You to Our Volunteer Firefighters at Wellsford Fire Station. 🚒🔥🧑🏼‍🚒👨🏻‍🚒

During Volunteers Week, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our incredible volunteer firefighters.

Your dedication, courage, and willingness to serve our community do not go unnoticed.

Whether responding to emergencies at any hour, supporting community events, training tirelessly, or helping neighbours in times of need, you give your time and energy selflessly.

You stand ready when others need help most, often balancing your volunteer service with work, family, and personal commitments.

Your commitment makes our community safer, stronger, and more resilient.

Thank you for your professionalism, sacrifice, and unwavering community spirit.

We are deeply grateful for everything you do and proud to have such remarkable volunteers serving our community.

Happy Volunteers Week, and thank you for all that you do.

08/06/2026

05/06/2026

Ahi ahi mārie – as you’ll have seen, we’ve got a Severe Thunderstorm Watch from for Auckland, just in time for school pickup and rush hour 😫 (3pm to 8pm today). For our whānau on Aotea Great Barrier, the timing of your watch has changed slightly (5pm to 10 pm).

Some friendly reminders:

☔ Stay alert as we’ve got potential for localised heavy downpours, strong winds and even the low risk of a small tornado. Look out for surface and flash flooding and remember NEVER drive, walk or play in floodwaters.

👍Keep updated with the latest forecast on the MetService website or download the app from Google Play or the App Store. There’s a new feature in the app - you can turn on Severe Weather alerts to now get notifications for ALL watches and warnings. Just go to Notifications > Severe Weather, switch it on, and choose your location.

❗️As always, to report stormwater issues and flooding to the council call 09 301 0101. If your life or property is in danger, call 111 immediately.

Take care out there!

23/05/2026

Today we had four firefighters take on the incredible challenge of climbing the Sky Tower for the Leukaemia & Blood Foundation, wearing full firefighter gear weighing around 25kgs while tackling 1,103 steps across 51 floors.
A massive acknowledgement to Phil and Trent who between them raised an awesome $3,756 to help support patients and their families/whānau across the country. The funds raised go towards providing information and education sessions, support services, funding for research, raising awareness about these diseases, and advocating on behalf of patients.
An outstanding effort by all involved — you’ve done yourselves, your brigade, and your community proud.

05/05/2026

🔥 Keep Your Home and Family Fire Safe This Winter 🔥
Do you have winter appliances you haven’t checked in a while? Bring them along for FREE electrical safety testing and enjoy peace of mind this winter.
✅ Electric blankets
✅ Heated blankets
✅ Heat pads
✅ Heaters
📅 Saturday 23 May
⏰ 10.00am – 2.00pm
📍 East Coast Bays Library – Browns Bay
This free community event is proudly supported by LecSafe NZ and is a simple way to help keep your whānau and home safe during the colder months.

04/05/2026

Happy International Firefighters’ Day 🚒
Today we would like to give a huge shoutout to all firefighters for the dedication, commitment, and hard work that comes with serving our communities.
Let’s also take a moment to thank the families and employers who stand behind our firefighters — your support, understanding, and sacrifices play a huge part in making this role possible.
Thank you to everyone who serves and supports. ❤️🔥

Also if you ever want to join or find out what it takes to become a volunteer with the Wellsford Fire Brigade pop down on a Tuesday night from 7.20pm.

11/04/2026

UPDATE Monday 13 April | Mōrena everyone. All of our Civil Defence Centres have now CLOSED. Thank you to all of the council staff, our response teams and volunteers and our community partners who worked together to stand these sites up and take care of our communities 🫶❤️

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UPDATE TO CIVIL DEFENCE CENTRE OPENING HOURS:
Sunday 12 April, 2:40pm

We've had 28 people using our Civil Defence Centres overnight, and we're now in the process of closing down those no longer required.

UPCOMING CLOSURES ON SUNDAY 12 APRIL:
-Helensville War Memorial Hall - closing at 2.00pm
-Shoesmith Hall, Warkworth - closing at 6.30pm

These centres will be on standby to open again should the need arise.

-Ellen Melville Centre, Auckland CBD will be stood down at 8pm, transitioning to close at 8am tomorrow Monday 13 April.

Ostend Hall on Waiheke Island and Wellsford Community Centre will remain open overnight.

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Good afternoon Auckland, a couple of really important things.

1️⃣ We've just issued an emergency mobile alert to the Auckland region. We're taking every opportunity to make sure our communities use this afternoon to prepare for Cyclone Vaianu and have a plan in place for Sunday.

2️⃣ From 9pm tonight (Saturday) five Civil Defence Centres will be open.

If you need to leave your home, can’t get home, or can't shelter with friends or whānau overnight, temporary shelter will be available at our Civil Defence Centres in the wider Auckland region.

- Ostend Hall, Waiheke Island - Belgium Street, Ostend, Waiheke Island
- Wellsford Community Centre, 1 Matheson Road, Wellsford
- Shoesmith Hall, Shoesmith Street and Brown Road, Warkworth
- Helensville War Memorial Hall, 2 Porter Crescent Helensville
- Ellen Melville Centre, 2 Freyberg Place Auckland

🏠These centres will provide shelter, light snacks, and some basic sleeping arrangements.

👕 Please bring warm clothing and essential items like medicines, baby and children’s items and special food you may need.

♿️ All Civil Defence Centres are wheelchair accessible

🐶 A small number of pets can be accommodated (cats must be in cages and dogs on a lead).

Check our website for more detail: https://www.aucklandemergencymanagement.govt.nz/your-local/emergency-relief-centres/

Stay safe everyone 🫶