[6] During the summer of 1945/46, a large scrub and forest fire threatened the town of Taupō and blocked the Rotorua–Taupō Road.

[7] On 18 November 1947, Christchurch's Ballantynes department store was gutted by fire, killing 41 employees.

On 29 September 1958, the first 111 emergency telephone service was introduced covering Masterton and Carterton, and was gradually expanded nationwide through the 1960s and 1970s.

The Chief Executive of Fire and Emergency noted the report was "wide ranging and confronting.

The Executive Leadership Team is responsible for service delivery and implementation in accordance with the Fire and Emergency Act.

These additional function include:[11] Fire and Emergency's jurisdiction covers the majority of New Zealand's land mass.

New Zealand Defence Force are responsible for fire services covering the land under their control [citation needed].

Fire and Emergency New Zealand employ 1,854 professional career firefighters as well as 993 management and support staff.

However, most Career districts now rely on calling back off duty staff to provide additional resources at any large scale or long duration incident.

Career Firefighters responded to 80% of all the incidents Fire and Emergency attend and protect 80% of the population.

Fire and Emergency usually recruit twice-yearly, and received up to 700 applications for just 48 positions on each intake, making competition high and job prospects poor compared to other industries.

Topics such as; urban search and rescue (USAR), motor vehicle extrication and hazardous materials.

Career firefighters provided the Fire and Emergency personnel that staff the nations specialised USAR Response teams.

11,847 Rural and Urban Volunteer firefighters mainly serve small towns, communities and outer suburbs which career stations do not cover, and responded to 20% of all incidents Fire and Emergency attended.

The current colour scheme for helmets was rolled out in late 2013, with the intention to make it easier to identify the command structure at a large-scale, multi-agency incident.

Scania P-series Hino 500 Isuzu Elf Operational Fire and Emergency vehicles have a three-digit or four-digit callsign.

A type 3 heavy pump, mainly found in larger cities with career crews carries about 1500 litres of water,[19] whereas a smaller type 1 or 2, light and medium respectively, each carry about 2000 litres,[20][21] as these trucks usually respond to incidents in areas with unreticluated water supplies.