New Zealand Gazette – 1954 – No. 24

Page 597

✨ Fire Service Regulations



Whilst the number of officers in the above table are shown as
being whole time it is considered there may be cases where suitable
volunteer officers might be employed provided they can be available
not only to attend immediately all calls, but can be sufficiently
available to supervise the normal routine duties and training of the
permanent men employed, as well as relieve permanent officers during
leave periods. In the larger brigades in the A and B categories
specialist officers for fire-prevention duties, etc., may be considered
necessary above the normal establishment of permanent officers, and
those cases should be dealt with specially and approval of the Fire
Service Council should be obtained before employing such officers,
who in any case should be counted as available to ride to fires on
first turn-out appliances when at their stations or available for relieving
duties. In all other cases fire-prevention duties should be undertaken
by one of the existing officers as part of his duties.

(3) Auxiliaries.—The attention of Fire Authorities is drawn to the
value of residential auxiliary firemen who, being accommodated with
quarters on station premises, are a valuable source of extra trained
men, particularly at night when the incidence and seriousness of fire
is the greatest.

STRENGTH OF OFFICERS AND MEN (VOLUNTEERS)

  1. As a guidance to Fire Authorities with volunteer brigades the
    following table sets out the numbers of officers and men required to
    maintain a minimum turn-out in five minutes of a crew of 5 having
    made allowance for the nature of work or profession of the personnel.
Chief Officer Deputy Chief Officer Station Officer Sub-Officer Firemen Messengers Total
1 Appliance Station 1 1 .. 1 10 1 14
2 Appliance Station 1 1 1 1 14 2 20
3 Appliance Station 1 1 1 2 18 2 25

GRADING OF PERMANENT OFFICER POSITIONS

  1. Under section 8 (h) of the Fire Services Act the Council
    sets out below its grading of officer positions in the brigades employing
    permanent officers.

GRADING OF OFFICER POSTS IN PERMANENT BRIGADES

Fire Authority Chief Fire Officer Grade Deputy Chief Fire Officer Grade Third Officer Grade Fourth Officer Grade Senior Station Officer Grade Station Officer Grade
Auckland A1 B4 C3 D1 D3 D4
Wellington A3 C2 C4 D2 D3 D4
Christchurch A4 C3 D1 D2 D3 D4
Dunedin B1 C3 D1 D2 D3 D4
Lower Hutt B4 C4 .. .. .. D4
North Shore C1 D1 D3 .. .. D4
Palmerston North C1 D1 .. .. .. D4
Hamilton C1 D1 .. .. .. D4
Invercargill C2 D2 D4 .. .. D4
Wanganui C2 D2 .. .. .. D4
New Plymouth C3 D3 .. .. .. ..
Napier C3 D3 .. .. .. D4
Timaru C3 D3 .. .. .. D4
Gisborne C4 D4 .. .. .. ..
Nelson C4 D4 .. .. .. ..
Hastings C4 .. .. .. .. D4
Petone *D1 .. .. .. .. D4
Whangarei D2 .. .. .. .. D4
Masterton D2 D4 .. .. .. ..
Rotorua D2 .. .. .. .. ..
Upper Hutt D2 D4 .. .. .. ..
Hawera D4 .. .. .. .. ..

*At present volunteer post.

TITLES OF OFFICER RANKS

  1. In accordance with section 8 (h) of the Act the Council has
    given consideration to the adoption of more appropriate nomenclature
    for officers of the service in order that their duties can be more closely
    defined and the responsibility of each co-related. The alteration to
    the first three officer titles has been covered by amending legislation
    and it is desired that the following titles be introduced forthwith.

New Title

Chief Fire Service Officer (in place of Council's Chief Officer).
Chief Fire Officer (in place of Superintendent).
Deputy Chief Fire Officer (in place of Deputy Superintendent).
Third Officer.
Fourth Officer.
Senior Station Officer.
Station Officer.
Sub-officer.



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🏗️ Fire Brigade Organisation and Officer Strength (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Fire Service, Brigade establishment, Brigade organisation, Permanent staff, Volunteer staff, Appliance turnout, Duty systems, Officer strength, Fireman strength

🏗️ Volunteer Fire Brigade Staffing Guidance

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Fire Authorities, Volunteer brigades, Officer numbers, Firemen numbers, Turn-out minimum, Five minutes, Personnel work

🏗️ Grading of Officer Positions in Permanent Brigades

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Fire Authorities, Permanent officers, Officer positions, Grading, Fire Chief, Deputy Chief, Station Officer, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Lower Hutt, North Shore, Palmerston North, Hamilton, Invercargill, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Napier, Timaru, Gisborne, Nelson, Hastings, Petone, Whangarei, Masterton, Rotorua, Upper Hutt, Hawera
  • Fire Service Council

🏗️ Officer Rank Titles for Fire Service

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Fire Service Act, Officer titles, Nomenclature, Duties, Responsibility, Chief Fire Service Officer, Chief Fire Officer, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Station Officer, Sub-officer
  • Fire Service Council