"Fire and Emergency New Zealand is mainly funded by a levy on contracts of insurance where property is insured against the risk of fire."
from https://fireandemergency.nz/about-us/about-the-levy/ ======================== iirc their 2021 annual report said that 95% of their funding comes from the Fire Levy so they truly have a nationalized fire service - and no one ever sees a "tax bill" for it "Fire and Emergency New Zealand" is the nationwide FD - in 2017 they merged all the rural and city fire stations - now there is just 1 fire chief for the entire country - [ except for industrial, forestry, and military sites - and the forest fire engines seem to be primarily operated by private forestry firms (which might be equivalent to out national forests - not sure who funds them actually - they might be funded by timber sales) ] -- 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 on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKZk6y5nhPJpi5isjCyKwXj3RTQ5jNnmjpWNKUNV0fV3gA%40mail.gmail.com.
