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
13 March 2025
Ref: 16789
Mike Hunua
[FYI request #29751 email]
Tēnā koe Mike
Thank you for your request of 15 January 2025, to Fire and Emergency New Zealand, requesting
information relating to the Local Advisory Committee (LAC) outcomes. Specifically:
1. Have local area committees made or recommended any changes that have been
implemented or are documented?
2. Has FENZ changed its emergency response capabilities, local FENZ resources or procedures
directly from LAC recommendations or consultation since there inception?
Thank you for your email of 10 February 2025, clarifying the following:
•
We are looking for any advice from any LAC that relates to the response capabilities of
FENZ in the way of resourcing or planning from the LACs and what FENZ has done with that
advice. This flows into a large question surrounding their usefulness to FENZ as a whole in
creating safer, better-prepared communities.
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).
In line with our obligations under the OIA, this letter is to advise that we have decided to
grant
your request. However, it will take us a little more time to prepare the information for release. The
information will be provided to you without undue delay and no later than 27 March 2025. We will
write to you again once the information has been prepared.
Some information has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA, to protect the privacy of
natural persons. We have also redacted information not related to response capabilities as
out of
scope in the attached PDF. In making this decision, we have considered the public interest
considerations in section 9(1) of the OIA.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is availab
le at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Aidan Saunders
Manager, Information Requests
