National Headquarters
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
National Headquarters
Spark Central, Level 7
42-52 Wil is Street
Wel ington Central
Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 496 3600
24 April 2026
Ref: 21295
S Reynolds
[FYI request #34256 email]
Tēnā koe S
Thank you for your request of 26 March 2026 to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting the
following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
1. Please provide a list of all fire brigades and stations (urban volunteer, rural volunteer,
composite, and career) as at 1 July 2020, including for each:
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Brigade/station name
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Station identifier or callsign
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Region or district
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Brigade type (career, composite, urban volunteer, rural volunteer) Operational status
as at that date
2. Current brigade and station register
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Please provide the same information as at the date of this request.
3. Status changes since 1 July 2020
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Please provide a record of any brigade or station that has, since 1 July 2020:
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Been disestablished or closed
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Been merged with or absorbed into another brigade or station Changed brigade type
or classification Been renamed or assigned a new station identifier Been placed on
reduced operational status or stood down
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For each entry, please include the date the change took effect, the region or district,
and the reason recorded for the change.
4. Decision-making framework
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Please provide any policy, procedure, guideline, or internal framework that governs
how Fire and Emergency identifies, assesses, and implements the merger,
consolidation, or closure of a brigade or station. This includes any criteria used to
determine whether a brigade or station should be subject to review, and the
consultation process required before a decision is made.
5. Reviews or proposals since 1 July 2020 Please provide a list of any brigades or stations that
have been subject to a formal review, proposal, or Tactical Resource Plan relating to
potential merger, consolidation, or closure since 1 July 2020, regardless of whether that
process resulted in a change. Please include the outcome or current status of each.
This letter is to advise that Fire and Emergency needs to extend the timeframe of our response to
your request by 15 working days, under section 15A(1)(a) of the OIA, as the request is for a large
quantity of official information or necessitates a search through a large quantity of information
and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably interfere with our operations.
For this reason, you can expect to receive our response no later than 19 May 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