"Firefighters will have to deal with this in years to come as the compounding affects of all the smoke and toxins that they're becoming exposed to in fires
like this are giving them higher rates of cancer. This is no surprise to Firefighters that we get cancer more than anybody else."
In accordance with Rule B 11.7, of the Rules of the New Zealand Professional Fire Fighters Union INC, I am declaring the results for the position of Palmerston North Local President as listed below.
One of the ideas that came up during the Auckland Working Group was to change the shift start/finish times to 0700/1700 to reflect the actual times Auckland Firefighters’ work.
As members will know, First Union members of St Johns are scheduled to strike on Wednesday 25 November.