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HVFP Membership

Submitted by MarkF on Sat, 03/06/2006 - 5:26pm.

Unit Structure and Organisation


Hutt Valley Fire Police report to a Senior Station Officer (SSO) who is in overall charge of the unit. The SSOIC reports to the District DCFO.

Our command structure is shown below. The Unit is divided into two crews, who operate on a '2-weeks-on, 2-weeks-off' rotating roster. Each crew has an Officer in Charge (OIC), and a mix of Fire Police and Senior Fire Police in a fashion designed to maximise regional coverage across the Hutt Valley.

  • SSO IC - SSO David Ackroyd
    • OIC Crew 1 - SO Mike Lock
      • SFP Dave Robinson
      • FP Steve Wilkinson
      • FP Ingrid Vlieg
      • FP Marty Waters
      • FP Megan Chambers
      • FP Rosanne English

    • OIC Crew 2 - SFP Phil Campbell
      • SFP Steve Biddle
      • FP Rod Brooks
      • FP Mark Foster
      • FP Bruce Key
      • FP Mark Morton
      • FP Alex Roberts
      • FP John Scott

    • Trainee Members
      • FP Wayne Bedford (Training Officer)

Note: SSO = Senior Station Officer, SO = Station Officer, SFP = Senior Fire Police, FP = Fire Police, PFP = Probationary Fire Police.


Unit Photo - 31 August 2009


Back Row: FP Ingrid Vlieg; FP John Scott; FP Bruce Key; FP Steve Wilkinson; FP Alex Roberts; FP Mark Foster; FP Mark Morton; FP Marty Waters; SFP Steve Biddle; FP Megan Chambers; FP Rosanne English.
Front Row: FP Rod Brooks; SFP Phil Campbell; Unit Patron Mike Aamodt; FRM Ian Pickard; SSO David Ackroyd; AM Peter Bean; SO Mike Lock; SFP Dave Robinson.
Absent: FP Wayne Bedford.

We are currently recruiting for additional members of the unit - please view our Recruitment Page for more information.

Members need to be able to pass a Police Check and be resident in the Hutt Valley. You would be expected to be available to respond to their pager during your duty fortnight, between 1800 and 0600 weekdays, plus all weekend.

Daytime responses during the week are responded in a 'all-hands-as-available' basis. We are particularly keen to hear from potential members who would be available to respond within the Hutt area during the business day.

Hutt Valley Fire Police meet for training and administration every two weeks. Currently our headquarters are at Rimutaka Fire Station in Upper Hutt, although we also regularly make use of training facilities at Trentham station. We look forward to opportunities to train with other volunteer brigades across the region.