The Wellington fire district covers the central city and surrounding suburbs of New Zealand's capital city. The District also includes the satellite western suburban and central city area of nearby Porirua City. 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 District comprises 9 stations and 288 personnel. Eight of our stations are manned by full time crews with two of those stations also maintaining a volunteer unit attached to the station. One station is solely volunteer and in addition the District also has a volunteer operational support unit. The District adjoins 7 other volunteer stations.

Our personnel consist of: 199 full time firefighters 56 Volunteer firefighters 25 Operational Support Personnel 1 Chief Fire Officer 2 Deputy Chief Fire Officers 2 Administration Support Personnel 2 Fire Safety Officers 1 Volunteer Support Officer The Hutt - Wairarapa District consists of 6 stations with 8 adjoining volunteer stations. In total, the Wellington region has 30 stations serving a population of 500,000 people.

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