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 
 
 
29 January 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
             Ref: 20541 
 
 
Alan Thompson 
[FYI request #33507 email]  
 
 
Tēnā koe Alan 
 
We refer to your request of 15 January 2026 to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting the 
following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA): 
 
•  … a copy of the iCAD report for a vegetation fire that occurred on the 11th January 2026 in 
the Hawkes Bay (Hastings)… 
 
Please find attached a copy of the requested ICAD Report for this incident. Some information has 
been withheld from the report under section 9(2)(a) of the OIA, to protect the privacy of natural 
persons. In making this decision, we have considered the public interest considerations in section 
9(1) of the OIA. We have also redacted the names of personnel involved with this incident and 
these have been labelled as out of scope in the attached PDF.  
 
Please note the ICAD Report provided to you is generated by Fire and Emergency’s electronic ICAD 
Reporting system. In these reports, ‘Notifications’ and ‘Message Log’ fields are reported in real 
time as fire crews and our communication centres communicate with each other during the 
incident. They are not the official final records of incidents but word for word transcripts of ‘live’ 
situations as they occur. They may contain spelling errors or commonly used abbreviations. 
  
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. 
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or 
freephone 0800 802 602. 
 
We trust that the information being provided is of assistance. If you require further information, 
please email [FENZ request email]  
 
Nāku noa, nā 
 
 
 
 
Aidan Saunders 
Manager, Information Requests 
 
 

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