National Headquarters
Level 12
80 The Terrace
PO Box 2133
Wellington
New Zealand
Phone +64 4 496 3600
21 July 2021
Alan Thompson
By email: [FYI request #15729 email]
Dear Alan
Information Request – Lake Pukaki Fire
I refer to your official information request dated 9 June 2021 asking for the following information:
1. A breakdown of the costs incurred by FENZ in controlling and extinguishing this fire.
2. A copy of all of the Incident Action Plans (IAPs) prepared by the IMT for the first 3 days
and nights of this fire.
On 6 July 2021, we wrote to you extending the time limit for deciding on your request due to the
consultations that were required.
Your request has been assessed in accordance with the provisions of the Official Information Act
1982. I have set out below the cost information you requested. The table shows the invoiced costs
for the fire, excluding GST. Please note that the invoices represent the additional cost we incur
beyond our fixed cost of maintaining a response capability.
F3067402 – Lake Pukaki fire started 30 August 2020.
Note that the invoices represent the additional cost incurred beyond our
fixed cost of maintaining a response capability.
Hire of Aerial Services
$ 675,081
Plant & Equipment Hire
$ 123,517
External Firefighting Services
$ 108,920
Employee payments
$ 83,594
Travel & Accommodation & Meals
$ 35,299
Foam
$ 34,316
Incident catering
$ 33,733
Volunteer payments
$ 22,626
Other supplies
$ 2,530
Protective clothing
$ 1,617
Fuel
$ 555
Total
$ 1,121,788
External firefighting services are those resources that are not owned by Fire and Emergency or, in
the case of people, are not Fire and Emergency personnel. They may include forestry company or
Department of Conservation personnel, and operators of heavy equipment such as diggers,
bulldozers, water tankers, etc.
Employee payments may include payments for overtime and travel reimbursements.
Volunteer payments may include reimbursements for mileage, parking, petrol, travel costs or
meals.
I
enclose the documents we have identified as being within scope of point 2 of your request. Some
information has been redacted to protect the privacy of individuals identified in the documents.
On occasions where a full Incident Action Plan was not prepared, we have considered your request
as being for the Situation Report instead and have provided those documents.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is availab
le at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Note also that this response (with your personal details removed) may be published on the Fire
and Emergency website.
Yours sincerely
Raewyn Bleakley
Deputy Chief Executive, Office of the Chief Executive
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