Fire and Emergency received calls for 17 incidents during today's NZPFU strike

27 February 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 17 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Friday 27 February, the fourteenth time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.

Of the 17 incidents, 11 were in areas impacted by the strike.

Nine of these were fire alarms which did not result in a fire.

One was a medical incident which we did not attend. Hato Hone St John responded as per our contingency plans.

The remaining incident was a small fire, which was extinguished by building occupants prior to our arrival.

Deputy National Commander Megan Stiffler thanked Fire and Emergency’s 11,800 volunteers across the country, particularly those volunteers who were called to attend events in areas impacted by the strike.

"I would also like to thank our Operational Commanders and Communication Centre Managers, who contributed to the response."

Megan Stiffler also thanked New Zealanders for their extra care during the strike hour.

"Continued strikes by the NZPFU including an escalation to twice weekly strikes, continues to unnecessarily put the public at risk while we remain in facilitated bargaining," Megan Stiffler says.