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
6 November 2024
Ref: 15970
Alan Thompson
[FYI request #28718 email]
Tēnā koe Alan
Thank you for your request of 10 October 2024, to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting
the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
1. A copy of the relevant section of FENZ’s national Command and Control documentation that
prescribes when a single incident management system wil be implemented. In particular,
how this decision is based upon elapsed time (48 hours) and not predicted fire development,
forecasted fire weather, fire behavior, values at risk, multi-agency response required, etc.
2. Advise what single incident management system FENZ implemented within the first 48 hours
of the 2024 Port Hil s fire and provide copies of the plans that this system produced as would
be required to brief and task resources. Eg, SITREP, Objectives, IMT Structure, Strategies,
Tasks, Resources and Assignments, Communications Plan, Medical Plan, Safety Plan, Fire
Weather, Fire Ground Maps, etc
3. Advise what single incident management system FENZ implemented after the first 48 hours
of the 2024 Port Hil s fire and provide copies of the plans that this system produced for the
next 5 Operational Periods to brief and task resources as in 2 above.
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 22 November 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 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
