Health, Safety and Wellbeing
The SAR sector is diverse, with a large number of organisations providing SAR expertise and people in an operational response.
The NZSAR Strategic Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing committee provides oversight of health and safety performance for the sector, ensuring consistency, continual improvement and support.
Documents
Documents relating to health, safety and wellbeing.
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NZSAR Strategic Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbei…Date: 24/01/19 Type: pdf Size: 1.2 MB
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Dealing with Exposure to TraumaDate: 24/06/24 Type: pdf Size: 156 KB
A resource brochure for managing trauma.
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Fatigue Guidance Note for Search and RescueDate: Type: pdf Size: 230 KB
This note provides information on factors leading to fatigue, their impact and information on managing fatigue for the search and rescue sector.
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Fatigue brochureDate: 20/10/21 Type: pdf Size: 244 KB
A summary of the SAR Guidance Note on managing fatigue
Workshops
Workshops relating to health, safety and wellbeing.
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Embedding Health and SafetyDate: 1/09/16 Type: pdf Size: 2.9 MB
SAR Health & Safety Workshop September 2016.
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Operational Safety and Risk AssessmentDate: 1/09/16 Type: pdf Size: 802 KB
SAR Health & Safety Workshop September 2016.
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Safety, Culture and CommunicationDate: 1/09/16 Type: pdf Size: 3.3 MB
SAR Health & Safety Workshop September 2016.
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Safety in TrainingDate: 1/09/16 Type: pdf Size: 2.1 MB
SAR Health & Safety Workshop September 2016.
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WorkSafeNZ SAR PresentationDate: 1/09/16 Type: pdf Size: 4.8 MB
WorkSafeNZ SAR Presentation.