Building visits are undertaken in accordance with the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017.
The purpose of these visits is to obtain information for:
- operational planning
- hazardous substances emergency planning
- emergency evacuation.
These visits provide information that is stored in the Fire and Emergency Station Management System (SMS) building information database. The SMS database provides a risk score for each building based on a risk matrix. This helps us identify at-risk buildings.
If we find that any provisions within Part 1 of the Fire Safety and Evacuation of Buildings Regulations 2006 has been breached we will notify the building owner of the problem.
For more significant building non-compliance, we will begin a formal dangerous building procedure to ensure that we meet our legislative responsibilities. We are required to notify the local territorial authority in order that everything possible is done to return buildings to an acceptable level of safety.
Persons deemed competent
Part 2 subpart 6 of the Building Act 2004 deals with dangerous buildings. As a part of that statutory regime territorial authorities can request advice from members of Fire and Emergency who are notified to territorial authorities by the Board of Fire and Emergency New Zealand as competent to give such advice.
Under section 121(2) of the Act, it is advised that the following members of Fire and Emergency are competent to give advice under section 121 of the Building Act 2004:
Fire Te Hiku |
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Craig Bain | Advisor Risk Reduction |
Gary Beer | Senior Advisor Risk Reduction |
Simon Davis | Manager Fire Engineering |
Glenn Menzies | Community Risk Manager |
Fire Ngā Tai ki te Puku |
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Lynda McHugh | Senior Advisor Risk Reduction |
Stuart Cradock | Senior Advisor Risk Reduction |
Peter Hallett | Senior Advisor Risk Reduction |
Luke Burgess | Community Risk Manager |
Fire Te Ūpoko |
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Matthew Crabtree | Advisor Risk Reduction |
James Firestone | Fire Engineer |
John Hotter | Advisor Risk Reduction |
Bob (Robert) Palmer | Senior Advisor Risk Reduction |
Fire Te Ihu |
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Mike Gaskin | Advisor Risk Reduction |
National Headquarters |
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Colin Clemens | Senior Specialist Fire Investigator |
Peter Gallagher | Risk Reduction and Investigations Manager |
Ian Duncan | National and International Response Manager |
Darren Aitken | Senior Risk Reduction Policy and Capability Specialist |