Our Vision

Working with communities to protect what they value.

Our Mission

To reduce the incidence and consequence of fire and to provide a professional response to other emergencies.

Our Values

• Serving our community
• Integrity
• Adaptability
• Skill
• Comradeship

New Zealand Fire Service Structure

The New Zealand Fire Service, Whakaratonga Iwi, is constituted under section 3 of the Fire Service Act 1975.

Purpose

The statutory role of the New Zealand Fire Service is fire safety, fire prevention, and fire extinction.

Minister

The Fire Service falls under the control of the New Zealand Fire Service Commission, a Crown Entity that reports to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon Nathan Guy.

To view more information about the National Rural Fire Authority go to their website at: http://www.nrfa.org.nz

Statement of Strategic Direction (2008 to 2013)

The statement of strategic direction contributes to the Government’s goal of ‘building safer communities’ by ‘working in partnership with communities’. The Commission will achieve this with a comprehensive approach to managing fire risk, consequently improving fire outcomes for people, property, communities and the environment.

The Commission is committed to working in partnership with other central and local government organisations to ensure a whole of government approach is taken to community issues. In particular the Commission will work closely with territorial authorities to build on existing relationships.

This plan builds on the previous strategic plan and provides a clear focus for the coming five years. It has the full support of the Commission, includes input from stakeholders and has been developed in conjunction with the Chief Executive and senior management team.

A key driver for this plan is to contribute to the Government’s ten year priorities. The Commission contributes directly to two of these priorities:

• 'families - young and old” with close alignment to the sub theme of “safe communities'.
• 'economic transformation” with close alignment to the sub themes “environmental sustainability” and “world class infrastructure'

In February 2007 the Commission adopted five strategic objectives to guide service delivery. The strategic objectives are:

• Strategic Objective one - Improve community fire outcomes
• Strategic Objective two - Increase integration of urban and rural service delivery.
• Strategic Objective three - Contribute to enhanced community security.
• Strategic Objective four - Improve service performance accountability, and resource management.
• Strategic Objective five - Develop and protect our people and promote internal stakeholder partnerships.

You can download the strategic plan, statement of intent, human resources strategic plan and annual report from the blue downloads box on the right.