Category: Origin Fire News

Hugely successful conference and exhibition

FireNZ 2017 was, once again, hugely successful for presenters, exhibitors and attendees alike. All the hard work that goes into staging events like this paid off and attendees and exhibitors learned from high-calibre international speakers, took part in workshops, and made the most of the chance to meet with virtually every major product supplier in […]

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What’s in a job?

The answer is plenty if you’re considering a job in the fire safety and engineering industry. Attendees at the Fire Engineers Careers session at the FireNZ 2017 on the afternoon of day one of the Conference heard from a lineup of experienced professionals from across fire safety and engineering. The presenters spoke for just ten […]

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SFPEx 2017 – our inaugural ‘TEDx’ event

Something special happened on the morning of day three at FireNZ 2017 when Origin’s Michael James welcomed attendees to the inaugural SFPEx 2017 event. Adopting TED’s mission ‘ideas worth spreading’ Michael invited six young fire engineers to present at a TED-like event where the community comprised colleagues from around the country. SFPEx 2017 was created […]

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FireNZ 2017 Exhibition

The fifty-six exhibitors participating at FireNZ 2017 were pretty well set up by end of day one on Wednesday 11th October and looking forward to a further two days of networking, proposing and presenting products and services to colleagues as well as current and prosepctive clients at the Show. At the RyanFire Products stand, director […]

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Less than 4 weeks to go to conference!

With just four weeks to go, it’s definitely time to complete your registration for FireNZ 2017. The Committee has released the latest and final version of the Delegates brochure with more details on presenters and exhibitors. Please download the new and updated final brochure from the following link. FireNZ Delegates Brochure 2017 FINAL RELEASE. We […]

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Zoo’s orangutans on the move

In late September this year Auckland Zoo’s three Bornean orangutans, male Charlie and females Melur and Wanita, are moving south to Orana Wildlife Park for a two-year stay ahead of construction of a major new precinct for South East Asian wildlife. ​​​​​​​Origin is very proud to be working on this huge $50m two-year development. In […]

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It’s all about professional team work and trust

Origin’s Senior Fire Safety Technician, Christine Cann, is primarily responsible for delivering fire safety assurance for Auckland’s multi-faceted design and construction project management company, Contract Design & Management Ltd (CDM), and CDM’s client, Barfoot & Thompson; New Zealand’s largest privately owned, non-franchised real estate company. CDM operates across a wide range of construction disciplines. Origin […]

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Are New Zealand apartment buildings fire safe?

When it comes to the safety of our apartment buildings one thing we know for sure is that there is no such thing as absolute safety. Safety is about reducing risk to a tolerable level and another thing we know is that our perception of a tolerable risk can vary. For example there is currently […]

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Delegates FireNZ 2017 brochure released

The FireNZ Committee is pleased to announce the release of the Delegates brochure and Early Bird registrations to the FireNZ 2017 Conference and Exhibition. The Delegates brochure: Acknowledges partners and sponsors Highlights key note speakers and ‘not-to- be-missed’ seminars Suggests who needs to be there and why you’ll want to be there Lists who’s exhibiting […]

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Presenting fire safety design at Chinese Building Industry Expo

The New Zealand Chinese Building Industry Association (NZCBIA) 2017 Annual Conference and its accompanying New Zealand International Property and Building Expo was held on 21 and 22 July at the Vodafone Events Centre. Origin Fire was one of the exhibitors at the huge two-day event designed to bridge cultural barriers between Chinese and New Zealand […]

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