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
29 November 2024
Ref: 16384
Hone Collins
[FYI request #29294 email]
Tēnā koe Hone
Thank you for your email of 22 November 2024, to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting
the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
•
I request a list of all incidents where Level 2 line rescue capabilities were
requested/deployed, from 1 January 2020 to the present. For each incident, please include
the incident number and the responding brigade.
I am aware that this information was likely compiled by the NHQ GIS Teams as part of the
recent analysis, and I would appreciate your assistance in providing this data.
If any part of my request requires clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Additionally, if this information has been compiled within the calendar year, but not
maintained since then, I wil happily take the latest version available.
We can advise that the information referred to was compiled in November 2023, and detailed all
line rescue incidents from the previous ten years, broken down by capability, region, and station.
Please find attached, as
Appendix One to this response, a complete summary of this dataset. This
is the latest version.
Please also find attached, as
Appendix Two to this response, a list of all incidents, pul ed from the
same dataset, where level 2 or 2a line rescue capabilities were deployed from 1 April 2013 to
11 November 2023, including the incident number and the responding brigade.
We trust that the information being provided is of assistance. If you require further information,
please email [FENZ request email].
Please note that because of the identified public interest in the information that you have
requested, we intend to publish this response (with your personal details removed) on our
website.
Nāku noa, nā
Aidan Saunders
Manager, Information Requests