Responsibilities of Fire and Emergency NZ

• Respond to fires and other emergencies.
• Reduce the number of unsafe, unwanted fires and lower the risks to people’s lives and property.
• Promote fire safety — including the proper handling of hazardous substances, and the safe use of fire as a land management tool.

For more details, such as their main and additional roles, check the website for Fire and Emergency NZ.

What we do — Fire and Emergency NZ

Who fights fires in NZ

Fire and Emergency NZ has both:

• career firefightersFire and Emergency NZ
• volunteer firefightersFire and Emergency NZ.

Other ways to work or volunteer at Fire and Emergency NZ

There are other ways to:

• work — such as answering 111 calls as a dispatcher, or general vacancies
• volunteer — medical first responders, or helping as operational or brigade support.

Work or volunteer for us — Fire and Emergency NZ

Background information

Since 1 July 2017, the fire and other emergency functions of 40 organisations were combined into Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 1 July 2017 — NZ Legislation