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
14 June 2024
Ref: 14678
Hayden Marsh
[FYI request #27174 email]
Tēnā koe Hayden
Thank you for your request of 7 June 2024, to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting the
following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
•
I'd like to request the Incident Report for #F3990646
Please find attached a copy of the SMS Incident Report (SMS Report).
Some information has been withheld from the SMS Report pursuant to the following sections of
the OIA:
• 9(2)(a), to protect the privacy of natural persons; and
• 9(2)(ba)(i), to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which
any person has been or could be compel ed to provide under the authority of any
enactment, where the making available of the information would be likely to prejudice the
supply of similar information, or information from the same source, and it is in the public
interest that such information should continue to be supplied.
In making this decision, we have considered the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of
the OIA. We have also redacted the names of personnel involved with this incident and these have
been label ed as
out of scope in the attached PDF. However, if you want their names, please let us
know. We may need to consult with the individuals concerned, which may take some time.
Please note the SMS Report provided to you is generated by Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s
electronic station management system. 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.
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.
We trust that the information being provided is of assistance. If you require further information,
please email [FENZ request email].
Nāku noa nā
Aidan Saunders
Manager Information Requests