Interesting discussion and findings from FENZ. As someone who worked in emergency services for 37 years I agree - internal workplace stress is a significant contributing factor in mental health. It is unfortunate that these organizations have a high focus on critiquing behaviour rather than supporting staff. A simple "thank you, you did a great job", goes a long way to building self esteem and making people feeling valued. It costs the organisation nothing but is sadly lacking. Instead there is a focus on compliance and critique of practice which adds huge stress to an already stressful environment. It would also be interesting to see how much alcohol plays a role in volunteer fire brigades as a coping mechanism. I saw a number of crew members become alcoholics as a means of coping with the things they were exposed to. Every station has a bar and its generally opened after a call. The debrief of the call during drinks does help in coping somewhat but it does have its downside.

Hi Jason well done on the kits. As a former paramedic of 30 years you have def cobvered most needed items. The only thing I would add is asprin and maybe some oral glucose sachets. Both low cost but can be beneficial if required. Who does your training?

The best example of this Ive seen was at Bunnings warehouse where they use cones and the barriers that fit over them to identify the exclusion zone. I think unless you have a physically visible barrier to identify the exclusion zone it is not really effective. Just my opinion

I would find a different first aid provider

As someone involved in an industry where commercial trucks (tippers) are often used I would say the regulation has huge room for improvement. Personally I believe traffic safety took a huge step backwards with the amalgamation of the Traffic Safety Division of the MOT with the NZ Police. We went from two Auckland Councils with their own Traffic Officer departments plus the MOT Traffic Officers and Harbour Bridge Traffic Officers to a very scaled down Traffic Safety branch within the NZ Police although they do have a commercial vehicles branch. Bring back MOT Trafffic officers I say!

Can you share the actual statistics showing the disproportional number of road deaths caused by trucks?