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  • 346 fire districts (urban)
  • 440 fire stations
  • 960 fire appliances (approx)
  • 1707 career firefighter positions
  • 7000 urban volunteer firefighters
  • 524 management and support positions, full and part-time
  • 76 communication centre staff positions
  • The busiest fire station in New Zealand in 2007 was Auckland City with 3,177 call outs. Christchurch City Station had 2,600 and Wellington City Station 2,502

During 2007: (Calendar year)

  • 73,333 incidents were attended by the Fire Service. This includes such things as fires, motor accidents and chemical emergencies
  • 24,279 fires were attended by the Fire Service, including 4,083 house fires
  • There were 5,476 vegetation fires
  • There were 33 fire deaths.

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