National Headquarters
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
National Headquarters
Spark Central, Level 7
42-52 Willis Street
Wellington Central
Wellington 6011
Phone +64 4 496 3600
6 September 2024
Ref: 15353
Harwood Wilson
[FYI request #28101 email]
Tēnā koe Harwood
Thank you for your request of 18 August 2024, to Fire and Emergency New Zealand, asking for the
following information:
1. List of minimum equipment required to be carried on type 1 appliances.
2. List of minimum equipment required to be carried on type 2 pump appliances and type 2
PRT appliances.
3. List of minimum equipment required to be carried on any rural or similar type appliance
acting as callsign "1,2,3"
4. List of Breathing apparatus carried on front line appliances, be that urban or rural within
the Westcoast, Tasman, Nelson & Marlborough areas. Please include the appliance call sign
and number of BA each.
5. List appliances carrying MVA cutting tools, be that a full compliment or minimal of either
urban or rural appliances within the Westcoast, Tasman, Nelson & Marlborough areas.
Please include the appliance call sign.
6. Are their any current planned changes to appliances carrying BA or MVA cutting equipment
within the above areas?
Your request is being considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).
This letter is to advise that Fire and Emergency needs to extend the timeframe of our response to
your request by 10 working days, pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA, as consultations
necessary to make a decision on the request are such that a proper response to the request
cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.
For this reason, you can expect to receive our response no later than 27 September 2024. We will
endeavour to respond sooner than this date if possible. If you no longer require this information,
please let us know.
You have the right, by way of complaint under section 28(3) of the OIA, to request an investigation
and review of Fire and Emergency’s decision to extend the timeframe by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa nā
Aidan Saunders
Manager, Information Requests
