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Operational Support members come from all walks of life. Students, Professionals, tradespeople, homemakers and retirees all have different strengths to bring to bear. OSU members are both young and old, male and female, and of all different nationalities and backgrounds. You are not required to have any previous experience with a fire brigade to join a unit, as all training will be provided... In the 1990s NZ Fire Service Executives began formally permitting the establishment of 'Operational Support' firefighters; that is, personnel attached to volunteer brigades who were 'Operational' (hands-on at at incident, instead of just back-office or administrative functions) but who had a 'Support' function. These Operational Support firefighters picked up the support roles that Fire Police covered in other areas, or indeed other non-firefighting functions as dictated by local requirements. Doing so allowed those Firefighters to concentrate on their particular area of expertise and made..

Also known as: operational support

Primary location: Palmerston North New Zealand