Response to Southland 2025 winds
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From: Josh Smith
Dear Fire and Emergency New Zealand,
On the 23rd of October 2025 a severe storm whipped through Invercargill region plunging it into a state of emergency. Could you please provide the following information for my research paper:
1. Please provide all incident reports for all calls in the Invercargill area for the 23rd october 2025. (I am aware there was over 100, so if needed please confine to calls recived between 11am and 3pm)
2. Please provide any information on FENZ response to this incident including information on how many and what fire trucks were called into assist in the invercargill area and any information such as emails organising this to happen. Such as from the command centre. Please provide any information on the activation of the MIPS proccedure for this incident.
Yours faithfully,
Josh Smith
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