National Headquarters
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
National Headquarters
Spark Central, Level 7
42-52 Wil is Street
Wel ington Central
Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 496 3600
28 November 2022
Josh Smith
By email: [FYI request #21076 email]
Tēnā koe Josh
Information Request – Southland Hospital (F3594694)
I refer to your official information request dated 8 November 2022 asking for a copy of the
Incident Report for F3594694 relating to an incident at Southland Hospital.
In accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA), I
enclose the SMS
Incident Report.
Please note the SMS Incident Report provided to you is generated by Fire and Emergency New
Zealand’s electronic station management system (SMS Report). In SMS Reports, ‘Notifications’ and
‘Message Log’ fields are reported in real time as fire crews and our communication centres
communicate with each other during the incident. They are not the official final records of
incidents but word for word transcripts of ‘live’ situations as they occur. They may contain spelling
errors or commonly used abbreviations.
Also of note, the SMS Incident Report is not yet complete. However, we have decided to share the
report with you as it stands at this time, and this document is enclosed. It is possible that
information in the report may change, or more information may be added, before a final version is
generated.
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.
Nāku noa nā
Julia McCook-Weir
Manager, Information Requests