Fire and Emergency New Zealand

Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Operational area
CountryNew Zealand
Agency overview[2]
Established1 July 2017 (2017-07-01)
Annual calls84,688 (2020–21)[1]: 10 
Employees1634 (2020-21) [1]: 86 
Staffing
  • 1854 career firefighters[1]: 35 
  • 11,883 volunteer firefighters[1]: 35 
Chief executive officerKerry Gregory
MottoWhakaratonga Iwi – Serving our people
Facilities and equipment
Stations653 [3]
Website
fireandemergency.nz

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is New Zealand's main firefighting and emergency services body.

Fire and Emergency was formally established on 1 July 2017, after the New Zealand Fire Service, the National Rural Fire Authority, and 38 rural fire districts and territorial authorities amalgamated to form one new organisation.[4][5] It has nationwide responsibility for fire safety, firefighting, hazardous substance incident response, vehicle extrication and urban search and rescue.

  1. ^ a b c d "Annual report for the year ending 30 June 2021" (PDF). Fire and Emergency New Zealand. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Fact Sheet: Our People" (PDF). Retrieved 3 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Detailed List of Appliances in operation - February 2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Radical overhaul for Fire Service under new bill". New Zealand Law Society. 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference big was invoked but never defined (see the help page).