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Ref: 13595
20 March 2024
Alan Thompson
[FYI request #25869 email]
Tēnā koe Alan
Thank you for your email of 25 February 2024, to Fire and Emergency New Zealand requesting the
following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA):
1.
For Level 3 multi-agency wildfire incidents such as the 2024 Port Hil s 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 fol owing
Incident Management Team (IMT) for Level 3 wildfire incidents such as Port Hil s 2024?
a. Incident Control er
b. Operations Manager; and
c. Planning/Intel Manager?
3.
Confirm that the FENZ staff that held these positions for the duration of the 2024 Port
Hil s 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 Hil s 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 Hil s fire and what was the number
appointed to each individual role?
Fire and Emergency needs to extend the timeframe of our response to your request by 10 working
days, pursuant to section 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 9 April 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