top point - massachusetts has 7M people and 789 fire stations - new zealand has 5 million people and 640 fire stations - that looks like the rates are nearly equivalent
============================ bottom line since 2017 - they seemed to have merged some of the rural and non-rural fire stations - they have built a few replacement stations - they have closed some of the most rural stations that just have trailer pumps basically - they are installing an encrypted radio system - 94% of homes have smoke detectors - they have been going to cardiac arrest calls since 2013 ish - otherwise we have not seen major changes - unless they put scba on some of their rural rigs (which are as large as their urban rigs) of the 600 stations - only about 20 of them have career staff - thats a major indication of what type of fire service they are their goal is to have volunteer stations respond within 5 minutes - considering that most stations have at least 2 rigs - they can probably roll the first rig with 3 people - unknown if they do that or not note - rural rigs were orange - no scba - urban rigs were red and had scba - rural rigs were staffed by UNPAID staff - still the same today afaik - some of their rural stations might get only 2 calls per year - (As of early 2025, New Zealand has approximately 23.6 million sheep compared to a human population of about 5.3 million. U.S. News & World Report +1 per google ai) [ Massachusetts is home to approximately 7.15 million people and 789 fire stations as of recent 2024–2025 records. - thank you google AI - looks like NZ and Mass are similar on this ] ========================================= as of 2023 - 1,807 career firefighters + 8547 volunteer firefighters + support staff - We are a national organisation and have a strong presence throughout Aotearoa. As at June 2023, we have over 640 station sites, over 14,700 personnel (including support personnel) and 1,278 fire appliances. Fire and Emergency New Zealand [FENZ] was established in 2017 to unify all fire services across Aotearoa New Zealand: the New Zealand Fire Service, the Fire Service Commission, the National Rural Fire Authority, 12 rural fire districts and 26 territorial authority rural fire authorities. Fire and Emergency is a Crown entity, governed by a Board of Directors and accountable to the Minister of Internal Affairs under the Crown Entities Act 2004 and the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017. We are New Zealand’s trusted national fire authority, responsible for fire safety regulations and prosecuting fire-related offences. And we are an emergency first responder, maintaining a continuous state of readiness so we can be there when communities need us. from https://www.fireandemergency.nz/about-us/key-documents/welcome-to-fire-and-emergency-new-zealand/ Our assets Fire and Emergency is a capital-intensive organisation. The value of the assets under management at FY 2023 is about $1.7 billion, of which $1.36 billion comprises land, buildings, fire appliances and equipment. Fire and Emergency maintains one of the largest fleets of commercial vehicles in the country, with more than 1,280 fire trucks and specialist response vehicles. In 2022/2023, we invested $72.8 million in fire stations, fire appliances, motor vehicles and other assets. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKYytKwR3wszFTwjjY8xTbLHbFtYqX7Z8pbrqR9EZW%2BuSg%40mail.gmail.com.
