The Wellington fire area covers the central city and surrounding suburbs of New Zealand's capital city. The Area also includes the satellite western suburban and central city area of nearby Porirua City and up through the Kapiti Coast. These cities between them house around 350,000 people as well as providing the geographic base for New Zealand's Government and public sector support structure. In addition, the neighbouring Hutt Valley - Wairarapa District adds another 150,000 to the greater Wellington population.

The Wellington Fire Area comprises 16 stations and 370 personnel. Nine of our stations are manned by full time crews with three of those stations also maintaining a volunteer unit attached to the station. Seven stations are solely volunteer and in addition the Area also has a volunteer operational support unit. The area adjoins the Hutt - Wairarapa area.

Our personnel consist of: 199 full time firefighters 156 Volunteer firefighters 25 Operational Support Personnel 1 Area Manager 2 Assistant Area Managers 2 Administration Support Personnel 2 Fire Safety Officers 1 Volunteer Support Officer The Hutt - Wairarapa area consists of 11 stations with 3 adjoining volunteer stations. In total, the Wellington region has 30 stations serving a population of 500,000 people.

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