Dear C Morton  
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your information request, dated 29
July 2022.   

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.

In order to gather information relevant to your request, we may make
details of your request known to Fire and Emergency personnel who are
likely to be able to assist with the identification and collation of that
information.  This will not include your identity as the requestor, unless
it is reasonably necessary to share that in order to gather information
relevant to your request.  Please let us know immediately if you have any
concerns about the sharing of details of your request, including your
identity, within Fire and Emergency.  We will contact you to discuss your
concerns and how they will affect our approach to processing your request.

We will also contact you if:

·         we require further information to clarify, or to enable us to
process, your request;

·         we need to tell a third party who you are, in order to consult
on your request or information that relates to it.

Kind regards

Official Information Team

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Kia ora

 

I refer to your request for information about Fire and Emergency vehicles
dated 29 July 2022. We have spoken to our Fleet section, and we understand
that we can provide the following information:

 

o Registration Number
o Make
o Model
o Year
o Current Callsign
o Current Station
o Current appliance type/designation (e.g. Pump, Aerial, Tanker)
o Year of purchase or acquisition by FENZ
o Date of last scheduled service

 

However, we cannot provide the following information without substantial
research and collation.

• Current/Latest Mileage

• Current/Latest Pump or Engine Hours (if applicable for that vehicle
type)

 

Finally, information about the date of the last unscheduled service is not
held in a database. In some instances it may be referred to in the
invoice, but again to search those records for the large number of
vehicles involved would require substantial research and collation.

 

Are you happy to amend your request to be for the information we are able
to provide?

 

Nâku noa, nâ

 

 

Information Requests Team

 

National Headquarters, Level 12, 80 The Terrace

PO Box 2133, Wellington 6140

 

 

[1][FENZ request email]

[2]www.fireandemergency.nz

 

 

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Kia ora

We have 1273 appliances, and unfortunately obtaining the milage and engine hours for all of these appliances would be a manual task that would require substantial research and collation. However, we have identified that for some appliances we have hubodometer readings. Would you be happy to received this data where it exists instead?

We look forward to hearing from you.

Information Requests Team

National Headquarters, Level 12, 80 The Terrace
PO Box 2133, Wellington 6140

[FENZ request email]
www.fireandemergency.nz

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Kia ora

 

Attached is a response to your official information request.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Information Requests Team

National Headquarters, Level 12, 80 The Terrace

PO Box 2133, Wellington 6140

 

[1][FENZ request email]

[2]www.fireandemergency.nz

 

 

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Kia ora

We have worked with our subject matter experts to estimate the cost of providing current mileage and engine running hours.

We would need to engage a contractor to facilitate this work as Fire and Emergency has 1272 vehicles located at numerous locations throughout New Zealand, with many at unmanned stations.

We estimate we would need to allow 15 minutes per vehicle to obtain these readings, record and review the information. Based on this, we estimate 318 hours of work.

Based on Government charging guidelines, of $38 per half hour with the first hour being free, our estimated cost is $24,092. Due to the costs involved, we would require a deposit to be paid before proceeding with this work.

Note due to factors such as some vehicles being located at remote or unmanned stations and ongoing industrial action, it may take some time to carry out this work.

Please confirm if you accept the charges we have estimated.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact us.

Ngā mihi

Information Requests Team
National Headquarters, Level 12, 80 The Terrace
PO Box 2133, Wellington 6140
[FENZ request email]
www.fireandemergency.nz

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Kia ora

Thank you for your email advising you do not wish to accept the charges we have estimated.

Accordingly, it is necessary to formally decline your requests for current mileage and engine hours under section 18(f) of the OIA, as the information is unable to be made available without substantial collation or research.

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

Ngā mihi

Information Requests Team
National Headquarters, Level 12, 80 The Terrace
PO Box 2133, Wellington 6140
[FENZ request email]
www.fireandemergency.nz

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