the local controlling officer and the reinforcements. He will, at the
same time, report the existence of the emergency to the Chief Fire
Service Officer. In the event of the Chief Fire Service Officer (or his
deputy) not being available the Regional Officer will act in his stead.
Except in case of war, when the Chief Fire Service Officer or his
appointee will control, the local Chief Fire Officer will be in charge of
the operations unless he decides to delegate his responsibilities for the
time being to a more experienced fire officer.

PART IV—CO-ORDINATION WITH INDUSTRIAL FIRE
BRIGADES AND WITH RURAL FIRE SERVICES ESTABLISHED UNDER THE FOREST AND RURAL FIRES ACT 1947

11. The Council will, on the application of or by agreement with the employer of any industrial brigade whose organization and equipment it deems satisfactory for that purpose, authorize the inclusion of the brigade under and for all or any of the purposes of the scheme as set out, and in such case the employer will function as if he were an Urban Fire Authority and the brigade as if it were a volunteer brigade operating pursuant to an agreement with an Urban Fire Authority under sections 42 and 43 of the Act. The financial conditions under which such service is to be given will be determined by the agreement between the employer and either the Council or the rural local authority or rural Fire Authority (under the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1947) in whose district the service is to be given.

12. The Chief Fire Service Officer or an officer authorized by him will discuss with every Chief Fire Officer or the officer in charge of every registered industrial brigade whose fire station is located within ten miles from a State forest or a rural fire district the probable requirements of such district in the event of the occurrence of an emergency fire as defined in the Fire Services Regulations 1954, with the object of ensuring that an effective system of liaison is arranged between such brigade or industrial brigade and any rural fire-fighting organization developed by the responsible Fire Authority or by any Conservator of Forests for the purpose of that section.

Issued by authority of the Fire Service Council.
Wellington, April 1954.

H. R. BROWN, Secretary.

New Zealand Fire Service Council—Code of Practices

FOREWORD

As a guide to Urban Fire Authorities in determining the measures suggested as necessary to provide an efficient fire service, the Fire Service Council has adopted as a means of promulgating its decisions to Urban Fire Authorities and other interested organizations the issue of memoranda which will be referred to generally as a Code of Practices. These memoranda are issued as a guide for the assistance of Urban Fire Authorities in planning the organization that should be aimed at for the purpose of establishing an efficient service in accordance with the fire risk classification of the district. They may also be accepted as a guide to Authorities of the standard of brigade organization under the respective classifications of districts that may be used by the Council should it be necessary for it to issue (pursuant to section 11) a requisition on an Urban Fire Authority to improve its fire-protection service so as to conform with the duty imposed on the Authority under section 32 (1), and on the Council under section 8 (a) of the Fire Services Act 1949.

The memoranda will cover eventually all aspects of fire brigade administration both operational and domestic and will be issued as parts of a Code of Practices. The parts of this Code are arranged as follows:

Part I—Classification of District.

Part II—Time Factors and Attendance of Appliances on Receipt of Fire Calls.

Part III—Out-district Service.

Part IV—Brigade Establishment.

Part V—Duty Requirements for Permanent Staff.

Part VI—Brigade Organization.

Part VII—Examination and Inter-brigade Promotion Procedure.

Part VIII—Brigade Accommodation.

Part IX—Standardization of Equipment.

Part X—Small Urban Areas.

Part XI—Fire Statistics.