Feedback Asked On New Fire Plans
The Matakana App
09 May 2021, 5:46 PM
Fire and Emergency New Zealand is rolling out new fire plans across the country and are consulting on fire plans in our area.
Late last year, Fire and Emergency undertook a formal consultation on fire plans in three trial areas - Northland, Hawke’s Bay and Otago - using a new template. They received constructive feedback from members of these communities and assessed and incorporated recommendations where appropriate into the updated fire plan template.
Using the updated fire plan template, they have since developed new fire plans for the whole country and have updated the first three trial fire plans for our consultation.
What is a fire plan?
- A fire plan outlines policies and procedures at a local level for the management of public safety and risks relating to fire. Each fire plan outlines things like declaring the beginning and end of fire seasons, prohibiting and restricting fire use, and the issuing of fire permits.
- Fire plans also provide increased transparency to the public about how Fire and Emergency’s fire control powers are used.
- Fire plans now include information on things like local demographics and environmental factors in order to reduce risks from fire and to manage the potential impacts if one occurs. This information helps Fire and Emergency to deliver on the Reduction component of the 4Rs of Emergency Management.
Before Fire and Emergency finalise New Zealand’s fire plans, they would like to invite the public, and interested stakeholders to have their say on the new proposed fire plans. You can provide feedback using the submission form found here.
You can access the fire plan for Auckland here:
Your feedback will help Fire and Emergency. The relevant amendments will be made on each fire plan before they are finalised and published by 30 July 2021.
