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
4 December 2025
Ref: 20027
Peter Martelletti
[FYI request #32898 email] Tēnā koe Peter
Thank you for your request of 17 November 2025 to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting
the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
•
I am doing a survey on just how many deaths are recorded in commercial properties over
the last 25 years. Is it possible to separate out (office/retail/industrial) and accommodation
(i.e hotels,motels, backpackers etc).
Please find attached, as an
Appendix to this response, the requested information. Please note,
Fire and Emergency only records fatalities when a deceased person is observed at the time of our
attendance. We do not always record when someone dies after we attended. Therefore, it is
possible there have been other fatalities but we have not recorded them.
We trust that the information being provided is of assistance. If you require further information,
please email [FENZ request email]
Please note that because of the identified public interest in the information that you have
requested, we intend to publish this response (with your personal details removed) on our
website.
Nāku noa, nā
Aidan Saunders
Manager, Information Requests