National Headquarters
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
National Headquarters
Spark Central, Level 7
42-52 Willis Street
Wel ington Central
Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 496 3600
23 December 2025
Ref: 20049
Steven
[FYI request #32907 email]
Tēnā koe Steven
We refer to your request of 18 November 2025 requesting information relating to the Fire and
Emergency fleet under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). Thank you for your correspondence
with us on 24 and 25 November 2025, where you clarified and refined your request to be for the
following:
1. Deputy National Commander Megan Stiffler's previously publicly stated “28 fire pumps are
coming out to communities by Christmas”, can Fire and Emergency NZ confirm what
communities will be receiving these trucks?
2. Please provide this Type 3 MAN cascade document, or most recent version of prior to
commencing review
3. …
and any emails between the National Fleet Manager and Region Fleet Coordinators, that
specify the station allocation of the Type 3 MAN appliances and subsequent cascade of
Type 3 appliances before the appliance delivery schedule was to be reviewed.
4. Please also provide any emails between the National Fleet Manager and Region Fleet
Coordinators, since 01 June 2025 regarding the equipment stowage failures on the
Generation 2 Type 3 MAN Appliances,
5. …include the size specifications that were provided to build company Angloco.
6. In a separate document, please provide financial breakdowns, including total cost thus far,
of the Generation 2 MAN trucks. This should include purchase of chassis, design, shipping
to and from the UK, staff travel and accommodation, and any other relevant costings. This
refers to OIA19573.
This letter is to advise that Fire and Emergency needs to extend the timeframe of our response to
your request by 10 working days, under 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 28 January 2026. 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