Interesting Facts
There are currently 7,352 volunteer firefighters in New Zealand.
The youngest active firefighter is 16 and the oldest is 79 and serves at Picton Volunteer Fire Brigade.
More than 11% of all firefighters are women - up from 3% in 1994.
Volunteer firefighters attended 32,867 incidents between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2009.
In the 2008-09 year, volunteer firefighters put in over 278,000 working hours.