Wildfire Fighting Qualifications
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From: Alan Thompson
Dear Fire and Emergency New Zealand,
I request the following information under the provisions of the Official Information Act:
1. For Level 3 multi-agency wildfire incidents such as the 2024 Port Hills Fire, what incident management system and what version of that system is the standard for FENZ where FENZ is the Lead Agency?
2. What formal qualifications standards are required to hold for positions in the following Incident Management Team (IMT) for Level 3 wildfire incidents such as Port Hills 2024?
- Incident Controller
- Operations Manager; and
- Planning/Intel Manager?
3. Confirm that the FENZ staff that held these positions for the duration of the 2024 Port Hills fire held the required qualification standards for these senior IMT positions?
4. What are the minimum qualifications FENZ require for Sector Boss, Crew Leader and Fire Fighter for a Level 3 wildfire incident?
5. Confirm that FENZ personnel on the fire ground at Port Hills 2024 in the roles of Sector Boss, Crew Leader and Fire Fighter all held the required qualifications?
6.. What if any non FENZ land management agencies provided personnel who were appointed to senior IMT positions for the 2024 Port Hills fire and what was the number appointed to each individual role?
Yours faithfully,
Alan Thompson
Lower Hutt
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From: Official Information Requests
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Tēnā koe Alan
Please find attached correspondence from Fire and Emergency New Zealand |
Whakaratonga Iwi.
Ngā mihi,
Information Requests Team
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E: [2][FENZ request email]
W: [3]www.fireandemergency.nz
A: Fire and Emergency National Headquarters
Level 7, 42-52 Willis Street, Wellington Central
PO Box 2133, Wellington 6011
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