New Zealand Gazette – 1954 – No. 30

Page 847

✨ Fire brigade staffing guidelines



13 May] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 847

Risk Category Chief Officer Deputy Chief Officer Third Officer Fourth Officer Senior Station Officer Station Officer
A 1 1 1 1 1 1 Headquarters.
1 each substation.
B 1 1 1 ... 1 1 Headquarters.
1 each substation.
C 1 1 1 ... ... 1 Headquarters.
1 each substation.

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.

$(c)$ 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 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 D3 .. .. D4
Hamilton C1 D1 .. .. .. D4
Invercargill C2 D2 D4 .. .. D4
Wanganui C2 D2 D4 .. .. 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.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚨 Fire brigade staffing guidelines: whole-time versus volunteer officers

🚨 Emergency Management
Fire brigade staffing, Whole-time officers, Volunteer officers, Risk categories, Fire-prevention duties, Fire Service Council, Auxiliaries, Residential auxiliary firemen, Turn-out standards
  • Fire Service Council

🚨 Minimum officer and fireman numbers for volunteer fire brigade stations

🚨 Emergency Management
Volunteer brigade staffing, Officer fireman numbers, Appliance station, Minimum turn-out, 5‑minute crew, Volunteer brigade

🚨 Grading of permanent officer positions in New Zealand fire brigades

🚨 Emergency Management
Grading of officer posts, Permanent brigades, Fire authority grades, 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