This study was conducted for The New Zealand Fire Service Commission (NZFSC), to enable the New Zealand Fire Service (NZFS) to assess the impact of green house gas (GHG) emissions associated with vegetation fires and house fires.

A vegetation fire emissions tool has been developed by Scion, and a house fire emissions tool by BRANZ. The approach, methodology and conclusions are summarised in this report. The specific approaches used for estimating GHG impacts for vegetation fires and for house fires differ; therefore these are presented in two sections in this report for clarity.