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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 24
PART II-TIME FACTORS AND ATTENDANCE OF
APPLIANCES ON RECEIPT OF FIRE CALLS
3. The Fire Service must be organized so as to provide for service
to be available twenty-four hours of the day every day of the year.
The following table, based on the minimum attendance of appliances
that should respond in the first instance on receipt of a fire call, sets
out what in the Council's opinion should be the objective of Fire
Authorities in providing that service. An exception would be made
where the nature of the call indicates more exactly the response required.
FIRST ATTENDANCE APPLIANCES
| Risk Category | Number of | Approximate Time for Attendance of Appliances |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | Appliances for | First | Second | Third |
| | First Attendance | | | |
| A | ... | 3 | 5 minutes | 5 minutes | 8 minutes |
| B | ... | 2 | 6 minutes | 6 minutes | ... |
| C | ... | 2 | 8 minutes | 10 minutes | ... |
| D | ... | 1 | 10 minutes | ... | ... |
| E | ... | 1 | 15 minutes | ... | ... |
| F | ... | 1 | 25 minutes | ... | ... |
4. As a rough guide, the effective radius which could be served from
one station on the above time attendance basis would be:
| Risk Category | Brigade | Cover |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | Turn-out in | Effective Within |
| A | 1 minute | $1 \frac{1}{2}$ miles |
| B | 1 minute | 2 miles |
| C | 1 minute | $3 \frac{1}{2}$ miles |
| D | 3 minutes | $3 \frac{1}{2}$ miles |
| E | 5 minutes | 5 miles |
| F | 5 minutes | 10 miles |
SUPPORTING APPLIANCES
5. In addition to providing for the first attendance of one or more
appliances as above, it will be necessary to provide also for the attendance
of additional appliances in support, if necessary, from adjacent brigades,
to be summoned by the officer in charge of the fire in case of need.
In the case of the larger towns and any major fire risks the first
supporting appliance should be able to reach the fire within ten minutes,
and in not more than fifteen minutes elsewhere in the areas above the
E category.
| Risk Category | First | Total | Supporting | Approximate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Attendance | Appliances | Appliances | Maximum Time |
| | Appliances | Required | Required | Limit for |
| | | | | Supporting |
| | | | | Appliance |
| A | ... | 3 | 12 | 9 | 20 minutes |
| B | ... | 2 | 6 | 4 | 20 minutes |
| C | ... | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 minutes |
| D | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 30 minutes |
| E | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 30 minutes |
| F | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 45 minutes |
SECOND CALL APPLIANCES
6. In all areas provision should be made to some extent against
the contingency of two fire calls being received simultaneously or of a
second fire call being received while appliances are already in attendance
at a fire. In A and B risk areas the provision should consist of one
appliance capable of providing an attendance at any point within
approximately six minutes. In the more scattered and extensive C, D,
and E risk areas the possibility of a second call is more remote, and
where it is not possible to provide another appliance from an adjoining
area in sufficient time, steps should be taken to ensure that some
arrangements exist for immediate attendance of men and equipment,
if necessary, on an improvised basis and that the brigade already at the
fire can be informed so that if possible an appliance not immediately
required at the fire can be redirected to the second call. This can be
done by ensuring that telephone communication is maintained between
the scene of the fire and the fire station. Those brigades equipped with
radio on their appliances should be in constant communication for this
purpose.
PART III-OUT-DISTRICT SERVICE
REINFORCEMENT AT SERIOUS FIRES
7. It is in almost all cases uneconomic and unnecessary for provision
to be made for the maintenance within the district of sufficient men
and appliances for dealing with the most severe outbreak of fire which
might occur. The Council, therefore, directs that every Urban Fire
Authority shall, where practicable, make agreements with the Urban