Fire and Emergency New Zealand

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Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Fire and Emergency New Zealand logo.svg
Operational area
Country New Zealand
Agency overview [1]
Established1 July 2017 (2017-07-01)
Annual calls84,688 (2020-21) [2] :10
Employees1634 (2020-21) [2] :86
Staffing
  • 1854 career firefighters [2] :35
  • 11,883 volunteer firefighters [2] :35
Chief executive officerKerry Gregory
MottoWhakaratonga Iwi – Serving our people
Facilities and equipment
Stations 653 [3]
Website
fireandemergency.nz

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

Contents

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.

History

New Zealand's first volunteer fire brigade was established in Auckland in 1854, with volunteer fire brigades established in Christchurch in 1860, Dunedin in 1861, and in Wellington in 1865. The Municipal Corporations Act 1867 allowed borough councils to establish fire brigades and appoint fire inspectors, starting the first paid fire brigades. The Fire Brigades Act 1906 set up local fire boards, and levied central government, local authorities and insurance companies to cover costs. [6]

During the summer of 1945/46, a large scrub and forest fire threatened the town of Taupō and blocked the Rotorua–Taupō Road. In response, the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1947 established the modern rural firefighting force. [7]

On 18 November 1947, Christchurch's Ballantynes department store was gutted by fire, killing 41 employees. The resulting Royal Commission of Inquiry found that the store' evacuation scheme was inadequate, the fire brigade was slow to be informed of the fire, and the firefighters were not properly trained or equipped. [8] The Commission proposed a national fire service, however this was rejected. The Fire Services Act 1949 instead set up the Fire Service Council to coordinate urban fire brigades, direct firefighter training and distribute equipment. In 1958, the first national training school for firefighters was established. On 29 September 1958, the first 111 emergency telephone service was introduced covering Masterton and Carterton, and was gradually expanded nationwide through the 1960s and 1970s. [7]

The Fire Service Act 1975 replaced the Fire Service Council with a new Fire Service Commission, and merged local fire boards and urban volunteer fire brigades into a single entity, the New Zealand Fire Service.

The Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 established the National Rural Fire Authority under the New Zealand Fire Service Commission to coordinate the various rural fire authorities. [7]

Fire and Emergency was formally established on 1 July 2017, merging the New Zealand Fire Service, the National Rural Fire Authority, and 38 rural fire districts and territorial authorities. [4] [5]

An independent report by Judge Coral Shaw into the culture of Fire and Emergency New Zealand released in January 2019 found a widespread culture of bullying and harassment, including sexism and racism. The Chief Executive of Fire and Emergency noted the report was "wide ranging and confronting." [9]

Governance

Fire and Emergency is a Crown entity and is governed by a Crown Appointed Board. The Minister for Internal Affairs is the minister responsible for Fire and Emergency. The CEO is appointed by the State Services Commissioner. The Executive Leadership Team is responsible for service delivery and implementation in accordance with the Fire and Emergency Act.

Roles and functions

Fire and Emergency New Zealand MAN Type 3 Appliance FENZ MAN Type 3 Appliance.jpg
Fire and Emergency New Zealand MAN Type 3 Appliance

The main functions of Fire and Emergency are those where it has responsibility to respond, and has lead responsibility in a multi-agency emergency. These include: [10]

Fire and Emergency also has a number of additional functions which it may assist in, but not at the compromise of its main functions. These are typically functions where another agency has lead responsibility in a multi-agency emergency. These additional function include: [11]

Fire and Emergency's jurisdiction covers the majority of New Zealand's land mass. The Department of Conservation is no longer responsible for fires as Fire and Emergency are the fire authority for all public conservation land. [12] DOC support Fire and Emergency in this function. This means any fire that starts or develops on public conservation land will be controlled by Fire and Emergency under their authority, and DOC will support them. New Zealand Defence Force are responsible for fire services covering the land under their control [ citation needed ]. Industry fire brigades provide fire services to certain facilities such as major airports and industrial plants. Fire and Emergency provides mutual assistance to these brigades.

Staffing

Career staff

Fire and Emergency New Zealand employ 1,854 professional career firefighters as well as 993 management and support staff. [2] [ page needed ]

Each career fire station has a number of watches (shifts). Full-time career stations have four watches, red, brown, blue and green, rotating on a "four-on four-off" schedule: two 10-hour day shifts, followed by two 14-hour night shifts, followed by four days off. However, most Career districts now rely on calling back off duty staff to provide additional resources at any large scale or long duration incident. Combination career and volunteer stations may have had a yellow watch, in which career staff work four 10-hour day shifts per calendar week, having one weekday, Saturday and Sunday off. Non-operational staff were "black watch", and work a regular 40-hour week.

Career Firefighters responded to 80% of all the incidents Fire and Emergency attend and protect 80% of the population.

Career firefighters numbers were relatively stable with low turnover. Fire and Emergency usually recruit twice-yearly, and received up to 700 applications for just 48 positions on each intake, making competition high and job prospects poor compared to other industries. Initial training for career firefighters was done on an intensive 12-week residential course at the national training centre in Rotorua that covered not only traditional firefighting subjects but others required of a modern professional Fire and Rescue Service. Topics such as; urban search and rescue (USAR), motor vehicle extrication and hazardous materials.

Career firefighters provided the Fire and Emergency personnel that staff the nations specialised USAR Response teams. Additional specialised training was provided for these personnel, however all paid career firefighters were trained to a baseline USAR 'Responder' level.

Volunteers

Career firefighters make up only 20 percent of Fire and Emergency's firefighting manpower; the remaining 80 percent of firefighters are volunteers, who received no payment for their time or labour. 11,847 Rural and Urban Volunteer firefighters mainly serve small towns, communities and outer suburbs which career stations do not cover, and responded to 20% of all incidents Fire and Emergency attended.[ citation needed ]

Ranks and insignia

The epaulette markings used by Fire and Emergency are similar to those used by the New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Army, except for the use of impellers instead of pips and bars in place of chevrons. The current colour scheme for helmets was rolled out in late 2013, with the intention to make it easier to identify the command structure at a large-scale, multi-agency incident. [13]

TitleEpaulette [14] Cap [15] Gorgets [15] Helmet [14] Approximate equivalent
LFB FDNY
National CommanderSilver crossed sword and scabbard below a crownTwo rows of laurel leavesBlack oak leaves on a red background (also worn on the shirt in working dress)Black helmet with a label reading National CommanderCommissionerChief of Department
Deputy National CommanderSilver crossed sword and scabbardTwo rows of laurel leavesBlack oak leaves on a red background (also worn on the shirt in working dressBlack helmet with a label reading Deputy National Commander
Assistant National CommanderThree impellers in a triangle below a crownTwo rows of laurel leavesBlack oak leaves on a red background (also worn on the shirt in working dress)Silver helmet, two blue bands and a label reading Assistant National CommanderAssistant CommissionerAssistant Chief
District ManagerBox border, One impeller, crownTwo rows of laurel leavesBlack oak leaves on a red backgroundSilver helmet with one blue band and a label reading Commander/District ManagerGroup CommanderDivision Chief
Group ManagerBox border, Three impellersOne row of laurel leavesRed oak leaves on a black backgroundPlain Silver helmet with a label reading Assistant Commander/Group ManagerStation CommanderBattalion Chief
Chief Fire Officer (Volunteer)Two small impellers above an impeller with laurelTwo rows of laurel leavesRed oak leaves on a black backgroundWhite helmet, two blue bands and a label reading Chief Fire OfficerStation CommanderBattalion Chief
Deputy Chief Fire Officer (Volunteer)Small impeller above an impeller with laurelOne row of laurel leavesRed oak leaves on a black backgroundWhite helmet with one blue band and a label reading Deputy Chief Fire Officer
Senior Station OfficerTwo impellersPlainNoneRed helmet with two blue bands or
Blue helmet with two yellow bands (Operational Support)
Station OfficerCaptain
Station OfficerOne impellerPlainNoneRed helmet with one blue band or
Blue helmet with one yellow band (Operational Support)
Sub-OfficerLieutenant
Senior FirefighterTwo barsPlainNoneYellow helmet with two red bands or
Blue helmet with two red bands (Operational Support)
Leading FirefighterFirefighter
Qualified FirefighterOne barPlainNoneYellow helmet with one red stripe or
Blue helmet with one red stripe (Operational Support)
FirefighterFirefighter
FirefighterOne Bar outlinePlainNonePlain Yellow helmet or

Plain Blue helmet (Operational Support)

FirefighterFirefighter
Recruit FirefighterBlank with 'RECRUIT'PlainNoneFluorescent green helmet with black crestProbationary Firefighter

Appliances and vehicles

The basic urban appliance in New Zealand is the Pump Tender and the Pump Rescue Tender. The Pump Tender is primarily equipped for fires, while the Pump Rescue Tender is additionally equipped with rescue equipment for motor vehicle accidents and vehicle extrication.

ClassChassis make and model [3] [ user-generated source ]Body manufacturer [3] [ user-generated source ]Number [16] [ obsolete source ] [3] [ user-generated source ]
(as of Feb 2021)[ user-generated source ]
Image [17]
Type 1 "Light" Pump Iveco Eurocargo Fraser Fire & Rescue, Lower Hutt352 Newlands291.JPG
Type 2 "Medium" Pump Iveco Eurocargo Fraser Fire & Rescue, Lower Hutt250 FENZ Iveco Type 2 Appliance.jpg
Type 3 "Heavy" Pump MAN TGM
Scania P-series
Fraser Fire & Rescue, Lower Hutt
Mills-Tui, Rotorua
218 FENZ MAN Type 3 Appliance.jpg
Type 4 "Heavy Aerial" Pump Scania P-series Fraser Fire & Rescue, Lower Hutt18 Papatoetoe344 MVA.jpg
Type 5 Hydraulic Elevating PlatformMercedes Benz 2633

Scania P-series

Bronto Skylift, Tampere, Finland5 WellingtonBronto.JPG
Type 6 Turntable LadderSpartan ChargerLowes Industries, Christchurch2 AucklandReliefTTL.jpg
Ultralight Pump Mitsubishi Fuso Canter Mills-Tui, Rotorua17
Rural Medium ApplianceIsuzu NPS 400150 Crew-in-truck ResizedImageWzY2OCw0NDVd.jpg
Rural Large ApplianceIsuzu JCS 42029
Water Tanker Scania P-series
Volvo FM
Hino 500
Tanker Engineering, Auckland
Mills-Tui, Rotorua
Fraser Fire & Rescue, Lower Hutt
Lowes Industries, Christchurch
Promax, Kerikeri
167
Hazmat / Command Unit DAF LF Custom Motorbodies, Auckland18 Wellington2118.JPG
Incident Support Vehicle Iveco Eurocargo
Mitsubishi Fuso Canter
Mills-Tui, Rotorua10 BHB293f.jpg
Light Response Vehicle Iveco Daily SPEL, Trentham8 Tawa LRV Iveco Fire Appliance.jpg
Hose Layer Hino 500
Iveco Eurocargo
Bedford MK3
Hale Motorbodies, Lower Hutt
Jones O'dell Motor Bodies, Auckland
4 KYT7.jpg
Command Unit3
Foam Tender Mitsubishi Fuso Canter
Scania P-series
Aviation Fire Services
Fraser Fire & Rescue
2
BA Tender Iveco Eurocargo
Mitsubishi Fuso Canter
Custom Motorbodies, Auckland
Mills-Tui, Rotorua
2
Lighting Unit Isuzu Forward
Hino FD
Tanker, Engineering
Custom Motorbodies, Auckland
2 Te Atatu 6619.jpg
Hazmat Unit Hino F-series Unknown1 NH5920.jpg
Heavy Rescue Tender Dennis Sabre John Dennis Coachbuilders 1 Papatoetoe348.jpg
Salvage Tender Iveco Eurocargo Custom Motorbodies, Auckland1

Vehicle Callsigns

Fire and Emergency uses a relatively simple callsign system. In most cases, the callsign of any particular vehicle has; for the first part, two numbers which represent the station it is from, and one or two numbers representing the type of appliance it is. For Example, Auckland City's main pump appliance, Auckland City 207, has "20" representing the station - Auckland City; and "7" representing the type of appliance - Pump Rescue Tender. [18]
This is a list of commonly encountered appliance callsigns (the latter, in this case, meaning the appliance type):

Pump types 1 through 3, for example 831 (The main pump appliance at East Coast Bays Station). xx1 is usually a station's primary pump. xx2 is almost always a secondary pump. Pumps are somewhat limited in their specialised firefighting abilities, for example, highrise firefighting or forestry firefighting. In terms of local fires, for example, a small house fire, or car fire, the pump has more than enough equipment to suffice. A type 3 heavy pump, mainly found in larger cities with career crews carries about 1500 litres of water, [19] whereas a smaller type 1 or 2, light and medium respectively, each carry about 2000 litres, [20] [21] as these trucks usually respond to incidents in areas with unreticluated water supplies. The former contains much more equipment, as career firefighters receive much more training,; [22] whereas volunteers receive less at a national level. This means that career firefighters have a much higher overall skill and training level. One example of this is that a type three has two High-Pressure Deliveries (HPD), whereas a type 1 or 2 only has one; an HPD is a high-pressure hose, which unravels from the truck directly. The HPD is usually one of the first pieces of equipment used at a firefighting event.

Notable incidents

Major notable incidents where Fire and Emergency or its predecessors have played a significant role include:

Public safety campaigns

A television campaign in 2002, named "Speed of Fire" had multiple clips of a house fire which were spread throughout an advertisement break, showing how fires spread in real time. It showed how house fires can fill a house in less than three minutes, which is about the same duration of advertisement breaks. The advertisement break started with a mother dropping a cigarette in her chair after leaving the room for the television break, and at the end of the television break, the house was engulfed in flames. It received a "Best use of television" award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. [33] [34] There was also a 2012 version where the mother placed a clothes rack in front of a heater. [35] [ better source needed ]

In 2012 the Fire Service had a campaign with the slogan "Could you live with yourself?". The goal was to decrease the number of fire-related injuries and fatalities by increasing the number of working smoke alarms in the homes of New Zealand. It put attention to the fact that house fires can lead to long-lasting health consequences rather than just death, featuring a father who did not have working fire alarms, causing his daughter to be permanently scarred after a house fire. [36] It has been described as one of New Zealand's most "tear-jerking ads". [37]

Between 15 April and the end of June in 2020, an 30-second advertisement campaign on YouTube, TVNZ+ and digital billboards was rolled out. It was called "Switch off before you walk off", featuring four people cooking who eventually got distracted by children, television, phone calls and tiredness and left their cooking unattended, causing a house fire. [38]

In 2021, a three-minute television advertisement carried out, taking up the entire advertisement break on television. It featured a family trying to escape their house, focusing on needing an escape plan and how a house fire can become deadly in three minutes. [39] [40] [41] Between 25 and 28 October, a three-step escape plan campaign was on television, TVNZ+ and radio, encouraging people to create an escape plan in three minutes - create a first escape route, a second escape route, and a meeting place. [42]

Between 7 March and April[ vague ], an advertisement created by FCB for Fire and Emergency NZ with the message "Firefighters Don’t Like Fire Movies", expressing that fires in the real world spread much faster than in movies, which means that people do not have the time to plan the heroic escapes seen in film. There was also a Te Reo version for Whakaata Māori. [41]

Between 27 November 2022 and 7 January 2023, Fire and Emergency NZ rolled out a social media advertising campaign named "You're cooked" where people under the influence of alcohol cook recipes given to them. It had the goal of teaching people how easy it is to start a fire while intoxicated. [43]

On 15 August 2023 Fire and Emergency NZ a carried out a controlled house fire live on the Seven Sharp television show with the purpose of teaching viewers about dangers of lithium-ion batteries and how quickly fires spread. The fire was started from an electric scooter, and the house was in Levin, which was designated for demolition before the broadcast. [44] [45] [46]

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