Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Fire and Emergency New Zealand is New Zealand's main firefighting and emergency services body.
| Operational area | |
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| Country | New Zealand |
| Agency overview | |
| Established | 1 July 2017 |
| Annual calls | 84,688 (2020-21): 10 |
| Employees | 1634 (2020-21) : 86 |
| Staffing |
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| Chief executive officer | Kerry Gregory |
| Motto | Whakaratonga Iwi – Serving our people |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Stations | 653 |
| Website | |
| fireandemergency | |
Fire and Emergency was formally established on 1 July 2017, after the New Zealand Fire Service, the National Rural Fire Authority, and 38 rural fire districts and territorial authorities amalgamated to form one new organisation. It has nationwide responsibility for fire safety, firefighting, hazardous substance incident response, vehicle extrication and urban search and rescue.
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