Updated Cascade Plan and Station Tier List
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From: Steven
Dear Fire and Emergency New Zealand,
I am a New Zealand Citizen.
I note the current build list for the released cascade has been completed with stations pending deliveries.
Please provide:
(1) an updated cascade list for Type 1, 2, Rural Pumps, Tankers and any other vehicles such as USAR, including any additional procurement information.
(2) a cascade list for new Type 3 MAN and Scania appliances, including those trialled.
(3) an updated Station Tier List for Tier 1, 2 and 3 brigades as this has not been updated for several years.
(4) an updated list for the busiest stations both volunteer and career, for the last 12 months or 5 year average
Yours faithfully,
Steven
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Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Tēnā koe Steven .
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your information request, dated 17
May 2024.
We will respond to your request as soon as possible, and no later than 20
working days after it was received. If we cannot respond to your request
by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe. We may need
to contact you if we need to clarify your request.
The information you have requested may contain the names and contact
details of our staff or volunteers. Please let us know whether you require
these names and contact details. We may need to consult our people before
deciding whether we can release this information, and this may take a bit
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Nāku noa, nā
Official Information Team
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From: Official Information Requests
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Kia ora Steven,
We are just getting in touch to seek clarification on your request.
Regarding part (1) of your request, could you please clarify what you mean
by “any additional procurement information”? Are you just after a list of
appliances that have been purchased subsequently to the most updated
cascade plan? Or something different?
Regarding part (4) of your request, you ask for "an updated list for the
busiest stations both volunteer and career, for the last 12 months or 5
year average”. When you say “busiest” do you mean the number of callouts?
Further, by “busiest stations” are you requesting a list of some stations
that are a certain level of ‘busy’ (e.g., all stations over a certain
number of callouts), a certain number of the busiest stations (e.g., top
10 busiest), or all of the stations, ordered by how busy they are?
Finally, do you want us to provide the busiest stations in the last 12
months from your request, the last calendar year, or the 5-year average of
each station?
We look forward to hearing from you.
Ngâ mihi,
Information Requests Team
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From: Steven
Dear Official Information Requests,
Please include any additional vehicle procurement information, including purchased chassis or vehicles that are currently in the process of being procured/built.
Yours sincerely,
Steven
From: Official Information Requests
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Kia ora Steven,
Thanks for your reply. In line with our obligations under section 18B of
the OIA, we are writing to you to seek refinement of your request in order
to remove any potential reason for refusal.
We can likely provide information about any purchased chassis or vehicles
that are currently in the process of being procured/built. If this is all
the procurement information you are after, please let us know.
Otherwise, it is unlikely that we can respond to your request for “any
additional vehicle procurement information” without being more specific
about the type of information and the timeframe for that information. As
it is currently framed, the request would capture a very large amount of
information, as it would include any information that has been produced at
any time in relation to any fleet procurement process, including all
emails and documents that may have been produced at any point during these
processes. Further, as Fire and Emergency engage with a number of external
entities during these processes, fulfilling your request would also
require a substantial amount of consultation to seek out and asses the
concerns of various parties who may have provided us with information.
If you do not refine this aspect of your request, it is therefore likely
that we would have to refuse it under section 18(f) of the OIA, as the
information requested cannot be made available without substantial
collation or research.
Further, could you please let us know what specific data you would like in
response to your request for a list of the busiest stations? Please see
our previous email for some suggestions.
Once you have considered the above, we would appreciate your reply as soon
as possible. If no reply is received, we will consider your request as it
was originally received.
Ngā mihi,
Information Requests Team
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Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Tēnā koe Steven
Please find attached correspondence from Fire and Emergency New Zealand |
Whakaratonga Iwi.
Ngā mihi,
Information Requests Team
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From: Steven
Dear Official Information Requests,
I acknowledge and allow for this extension.
Should you need any further clarification please reply below.
Yours sincerely,
Steven
From: Official Information Requests
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Kia ora Steven
We refer to your four active request made via the FYI website which we
summarise as:
o Updated Cascade Plan and Station Tier List
o List of all ranked employees
o Information relating to Fire and Emergency Communications Centres; and
o Fire station developments which was a follow up to OIA request 10756
Section 12 of the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) provides that
requests may only be made by:
· a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident
· a person who is in New Zealand
· a body corporate that is either incorporated in New Zealand; or
· a body corporate that has a place of business in New Zealand
We are unable to confirm if you meet the eligibility criteria based on
your request(s). To help us with this, can you please provide a copy of
any of the following so we can make a determination of your eligibility to
make a request under the OIA:
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o a copy of your New Zealand driver’s licence; or
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you) that evidences your residential address in New Zealand
Please navigate to our website to find our official information request
email address (we’re unable to provide it here as the FYI website removes
them automatically).
Ngā mihi,
Information Requests Team
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From: Steven
Dear Official Information Requests,
I have stated in my requests that I am a New Zealand Citizen.
I am currently residing in Kohimarama, Auckland.
I met the eligibility requirements for requesting information under the Official Information Act.
I do not feel comfortable providing personal information or copies of relevant documents to Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
Yours sincerely,
Steven
From: Official Information Requests
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Tēnā koe Steven
Please find attached correspondence from Fire and Emergency New Zealand |
Whakaratonga Iwi.
Ngā mihi,
Information Requests Team
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A: Fire and Emergency National Headquarters
Level 7, 42-52 Willis Street, Wellington Central
PO Box 2133, Wellington 6011
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From: Steven
Dear Official Information Requests,
I apologise for overseeing your previous reply, and quote:
- Regarding part (4) of your request, you ask for "an updated list for the
busiest stations both volunteer and career, for the last 12 months or 5
year average”. When you say “busiest” do you mean the number of callouts?
Further, by “busiest stations” are you requesting a list of some stations
that are a certain level of ‘busy’ (e.g., all stations over a certain
number of callouts), a certain number of the busiest stations (e.g., top
10 busiest), or all of the stations, ordered by how busy they are?
Finally, do you want us to provide the busiest stations in the last 12
months from your request, the last calendar year, or the 5-year average of
each station?
Please provide a list of top 10 busiest stations, nationwide, separated by volunteer and career.
In a separate document, please provide all stations nationwide with total number of callouts per station.
In reply to the cascade provided (Appendix 1), this is one that has been previously released and is outdated. Would you please seek further availability on an updated one, or when one could be expected to be released?
Yours sincerely,
Steven
From: Official Information Requests
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Tēnā koe Steven
Please find attached correspondence from Fire and Emergency New Zealand |
Whakaratonga Iwi.
Ngā mihi,
Information Requests Team
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Level 7, 42-52 Willis Street, Wellington Central
PO Box 2133, Wellington 6011
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From: Steven
Dear Official Information Requests,
Thank you for providing this.
Would you please be able to provide a breakdown, by year, of the last 5-7 years to show any increases or decreases of callout volume for each of the "Top 10"Volunteer stations" provided in this appendix?
It appears that there has been substantial growth of incidents and population across those areas.
Yours sincerely,
Steven
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Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Tēnā koe Steven .
We write to acknowledge receipt of your information request, dated 31 July
2024.
Our commitment is to provide a response to your request as soon as
possible, and no later than 20 working days after the day it was received.
If we are unable to meet this timeframe, we will inform you promptly and
provide details regarding any extension required. Should clarification be
necessary for your request, we may reach out to you for additional
information.
The information you have requested may contain the names and contact
details of our staff or volunteers. Please let us know whether you require
these names and contact details. We may need to consult our people before
deciding whether we can release this information, and this may take a bit
more time. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you do not
require their names and contact details.
Nāku noa, nā
Information Request Team
From: Official Information Requests
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Tēnā koe Steven
Please find attached correspondence from Fire and Emergency New Zealand |
Whakaratonga Iwi.
Ngā mihi,
Information Requests Team
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