Local Advisory Committees help us make your community more resilient in an emergency
E koekoe te tūī, e ketekete te kākā, e kūkū te kererū
Reflecting the diversity of community voices
This historic whakatauki is offered up to represent the diversity of voices and reminds us that it takes a multitude of voices to create harmony.
LACs’ purpose is to provide independent community-focussed strategic advice on local needs, issues and risks. LACs help Fire and Emergency support their communities by providing a strong local perspective on what matters.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand first established Local Advisory Committees in June 2020:
- Northland LAC
- Tairāwhiti LAC
- Hawke’s Bay LAC
- Marlborough LAC
- West Coast LAC
- Otago LAC
- Chatham Islands LAC
In March 2023, our Board agreed to Fire and Emergency establishing the nine remaining LACs in 2024. The nine additional LACs will be located in:
- Southland
- Taranaki
- Waikato
- Nelson Tasman
- Auckland
- Wellington
- Bay of Plenty
- Whanganui/Manawatū
- Canterbury
Planning is underway for this, and we will be reaching out to these communities to start seeking Expressions of Interest closer to the time.
If you would like to register your interest in becoming an LAC for either one of our existing LACs or one of the nine we will be establishing, or would like any further information, you can email Fire and Emergency’s National LAC team on lacs@fireandemergency.nz or fill out the Expression of Interest form below.
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Where have the Local Advisory Committees been established?
Find out more about our first seven Local Advisory Committees (Northland, Tairāwhiti, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Chatham Islands, West Coast and Otago)
We commissioned an independent report to assess how our first seven Local Advisory Committees (LACs) were doing, a year on from their establishment.