Dear Fire and Emergency New Zealand,

Some fire services around the world adjust their resources based on growth, risk or change within their communities and are expected by some to manage their funds with the interests of the public being a priority, I ask how FENZ has adjusted resources to meet demand since it's beginning in 2017.

Specifically I ask:

1. Staff Numbers
Please provide paid employee numbers as at 1 December 2017 AND as at 1 December 2025, list by department in the most detailed way reasonably possible so that it explains NHQ positions against local positions, i.e. Firefighter, Risk Management, Regional Admin, NHQ Admin, Corporate, National Executive etc.

2. Budget
The FENZ Budget has increased dramatically since NZFS, explain how the levy has been spent with the best interests of the public, detail how the increased budget has been spent in comparison to NZFS, what might be best is to provide a report based pre 2017 and now with expenditure / department codes, actual meaningful categories (i.e uniforms, branding, wages, catering), not corporate jargon.

3. Evaluation of resources in communities
Has FENZ in the past 10 years, done any evaluation of community growth, demand and FENZ resources in the following areas': Hibiscus Coast, Hamilton & Selwyn? if so please provide it.

4. Call Numbers
Please provide the total call numbers for each appliance over the last 10 years for the following stations (seperate by year):
Silverdale
Manly
Hamilton
Chartwell
Te Rapa
Lincoln
Rolleston

5. Response Targets
Please provide the percentage of times station areas met the various response targets over the past 10 years for the following stations (separate by year and response target)
Silverdale
Manly
Hamilton
Chartwell
Te Rapa
Lincoln
Rolleston

6. Building Issues
Are there any current recorded issues with buildings not meeting their needs, having faults, or other concerns at the following locations? if so please explain the issues or provide documents to explain AND when work is being done to resolve this:
Silverdale
Manly
Chartwell
Lincoln
Rolleston

7. General
7a. Has FENZ considered the volunteer reliance and workload on Silverdale, Manly, Rolleston and Lincoln? AND are their any plans to further staff these locations with career firefighters?
7b. Has FENZ considered improving resources to growth areas' such as Selwyn, Hamilton and Hibiscus Coast? Rolleston resources have remained the same for many many years, yet their population has exploded 10 fold in 20 years, what is FENZ doing to accommodate that?
7c. Do FENZ have data on the levy received from various towns? if so, how much has been received from the Rolleston Urban area?

Yours faithfully,

Harwood Wilson