Performance Clause C5.4 of the New Zealand Building Code

Ms. Evans made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

The request was successful.

From: Ms. Evans

Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

Performance Clause C5.4 of the New Zealand Building Code states the following:

"Access for fire service vehicles in accordance with clause C5.3 must be provided to more than 1 side of firecells greater than 5,000 m2 in floor area that are not protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system."

Please provide a copy of all New Zealand Fire Service (NZFS) operational documents (i.e. Standard Operating Procedures, Training Manuals, Equipment Schedules and Limitations, Vehicle Specifications, Controlled Entry and Safety Procedures etc) provided by the NZFS Commission to the Ministry of Business, Employment and Innovation, which clearly demonstrates that for a firecell greater than 5000m2, the NZFS requires vehicular access to more than one side of a firecell.

Yours faithfully,

Ms. Evans

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Please find attached an acknowledgement letter regarding your recent request for information.

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From: BRM Official Correspondence
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Dear Ms Evans

 

Attached is a response to your Official Information Act requests of 11, 12
and 13 November 2015.

Regards

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

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From: Ms. Evans

Dear BRM Official Correspondence,

Thank you for your response. However, your referral to the NZFS does not answer the question to any of my OIA requests and as such the transfer to the NZFS is not appropriate.

In each case I am asking what information was provided by the NZFS to MBIE (or its predecessor the Department of Building and Housing, which now falls under MBIE's jurisdiction).

MBIE are responsible for the development and justification of the performance clauses in the New Zealand Building Code, not the NZFS. If in each case the NZFS did not provide the type of information stated in my OIA request to MBIE (or DBH) to justify these performance clauses in the New Zealand Building Code Building Code, then please confirm this.

Yours sincerely,

Ms. Evans

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Dear Ms Evans

 

Attached is a response to your email of 24 November 2015, requesting
confirmation to your Official Information Act 1982 request.

 

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Dear Ms Evans

Please find attached a letter from Rob Pope, Director, Office of the Chief
Executive extending the deadline for the response to your request.

Kind regards

 

 

Louise

 

[1]New-Zealand-Fire-Service-(NZFS)_FULLCOLOUR_small.jpgLouise Robinson
Business Support to Rob Pope, Director Office of the Chief Executive

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New Zealand Fire Service

Phone: (04) 496 3694 or Extn: 4694

Mobile: (021) 833 640

Fax: (04) 496 3700

Email:  [2][email address]

National Headquarters, Level 12, 80 The Terrace

PO Box 2133, Wellington  6140
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Dear Ms Evans,

 

I refer to your requests to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and
Employment (MBIE) on 11, 12 and 13 November 2015 for information
concerning performance clauses C5.2, C5.4, C5.6 and C5.7 of the building
code.  Your requests were made via FYI.ORG.NZ.  MBIE transferred your
requests to the New Zealand Fire Service (NZFS) under section 14 of the
Official Information Act 1982 (Act) on 23 November 2015.

 

NZFS personnel have subsequently carried out an extensive review of the
NZFS’s records (including electronic records) to determine whether it
holds the information referred to in your requests.  To date, we have been
unable to locate information about what was provided to MBIE (or its
predecessor agencies) during the development of the current clauses of the
building code.  It is possible that independent examination of the NZFS’s
electronic ‘back up’ records may locate some relevant documents, but this
would be an expensive exercise that would not necessarily be successful.

 

In the circumstances, your requests for information may need to be
declined under section 18(e) of the Act, on the basis that the documents
you have requested do not exist or, despite reasonable efforts to locate
them, cannot be found.

 

However, before the NZFS makes any decision in that regard, I invite your
comments on the following options that may enable your requests to be
granted:

 

1.       Would you be happy for the NZFS to liaise with MBIE to see if
MBIE has any documents relevant to your requests?  This may enable the
NZFS to identify any relevant policy documents (etc) that were provided to
MBIE during the building code review process.  Consultation with MBIE
would extend the time required to respond to your requests beyond the
period provided for in the Act.  However, it may be that a revised
timeframe can be arranged by agreement.

 

2.       Alternatively, would you be happy for the NZFS to provide its
current documents that relate to the various categories of information you
have requested?  The qualification to this option is that there would be
no information about whether any of the documents (or earlier versions of
them) were definitely provided to MBIE during the building code review
process.

 

Aside from these options, it may be that you are able to refine your
requests in some other way that would enable the identification and
release of information.  Please let me know if you have any suggestions in
that regard.

 

I look forward to your response.  Please don’t hesitate to contact me by
email or telephone using the contact details below.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

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New-Zealand-Fire-Service-(NZFS)_FULLCOLOUR_small.jpgAshley Cornor

Lawyer
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New Zealand Fire Service

DDI: (04) 462 4947

Fax: (04) 496 3700

Email: [2][email address]

National Headquarters, Level 12, 80 The Terrace

PO Box 2133, Wellington 6140
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From: Ms. Evans

Dear Cornor, Ashley,

Please proceed with Option 2.

Yours sincerely,

Ms. Evans

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Good morning Ms Evans

 

Please find attached our reply and attachments to your Official
Information Act request

 

Kind regards

Tracey

 

[1]New-Zealand-Fire-Service-(NZFS)_FULLCOLOUR_small.jpgTracey Morgan
Executive Assistant (acting) to Paul Baxter, Chief Executive & National
Commander
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New Zealand Fire Service

DDI:          (04) 496 3641

Mobile:     (027) 406 6905

Fax:          (04) 496 3700

Email:       [2][email address

National Headquarters, Level 12, 80 The Terrace

PO Box 2133, Wellington 6140
__________________________________________

Te Manat¨± o ng¨¡ ratonga ohotata kia haumaru ake ai a Aotearoa ©¦Leading
integrated fire and emergency services for a safer New Zealand

 

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Leading integrated fire and emergency services for a safer New Zealand ¦
Te Manatu o nga ratonga ohotata kia haumaru ake ai a Aotearoa

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