National Headquarters
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
National Headquarters
Spark Central, Level 7
42-52 Wil is Street
Wel ington Central
Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 496 3600
16 July 2024
Ref: 14631
Steven
[FYI request #27077 email]
Tēnā koe Steven
Thank you for your original request of 30 May 2024 and subsequent clarification on 18 June 2024,
to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA):
•
Please provide a list of all ranked paid employees within FENZ. This information should
capture all Firefighters, Communications Staff, District Management, Region Management,
USAR personnel etc. This should be by rank, first and last name, station/area.
This letter is to advise that Fire and Emergency needs to extend the timeframe of our response to
your request by 20 working days, pursuant to section 15A(1)(a) of the OIA, as the request is for a
large quantity of official information or necessitates a search through a large quantity of
information and meeting the original time limit would unreasonably interfere with our operations
and 15A(1)(b) of the OIA, as consultations necessary to make a decision on the request are such
that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit.
For this reason, you can expect to receive our response no later than 14 August 2024. We will
endeavour to respond sooner than this date if possible. If you no longer require this information,
please let us know.
You have the right, by way of complaint under section 28(3) of the OIA, to request an investigation
and review of Fire and Emergency’s decision to extend the timeframe by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Aidan Saunders
Manager, Information Requests