Numbers of situations where firemen entered buildings without any knowledge of Asbestos in building
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From: alan washington
Dear Fire and Emergency New Zealand,
Please advise the number of cases where firemen entered (burning or collapsing) buildings without knowledge of the presence of Asbestos or other substances during each of past five years and what percentage is this compared to where they knew what building was constructed of.
Please send your response to this email address.
Yours faithfully,
alan washington
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Kind regards,
New Zealand Fire Service.
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From: alan washington
Dear Fire and Emergency New Zealand,
Please amend my request to ask the number of times fire fighters entered a building and it was only later discovered that the building posed an asbestos risk during each of the past five years.
Yours faithfully,
alan washington
From: Web Communications
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Thank you for your email.
This is to confirm that your request has been received and has been passed
on to the relevant team.
They will respond to you in the next two business working days.
Kind regards,
New Zealand Fire Service.
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From: Mihaka, Moana
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Kia ora Alan,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your information request, dated 21
June 2019 for Numbers of situations where firemen entered buildings
without any knowledge of Asbestos.
In accordance with section 15 of the Official Information Act 1982 we will
try to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no
later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we
are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an
extension of that timeframe.
We will contact you if we require further information to clarify, or to
enable us to process, your request. If any additional factors come to
light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to
contact us so that these can be taken into account.
Nga mihi
Moana Mihaka
Advisor
Executive & Ministerial Services
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From: Mihaka, Moana
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Kia ora Alan,
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your amended information request,
dated 24 June 2019 for the number of times fire fighters entered a
building and it was only later discovered that the building posed an
asbestos risk during each of the past five years.
In accordance with section 15 of the Official Information Act 1982 we will
try to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no
later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we
are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an
extension of that timeframe.
We will contact you if we require further information to clarify, or to
enable us to process, your request. If any additional factors come to
light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to
contact us so that these can be taken into account.
Nga mihi
Moana Mihaka
Advisor
Executive & Ministerial Services
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E: [2][email address]
Ph: 04 806 4010
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From: Mihaka, Moana
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Kia ora Alan,
Please find attached a response from Raewyn Bleakley, Director, Office of
the Chief Executive to your official information request.
Nga mihi
Moana Mihaka
OIA Advisor
Executive & Ministerial Services
National Headquarters Wellington
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Ph: 04 806 4010
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How do FENZ know what they don't know?
You might want to rephrase your question to the number of times fire fighters entered a building and it was only later discovered that the building posed an asbestos risk.
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