"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."
Fire Crisis map showing locations of station closures and appliances that FENZ failed to fully crew with sufficient career Firefighters over the last 7 days.
New Zealand career firefighting staffing continues to be at crisis levels with no fix in the immediate future likely.
Career Firefighter staffing levels throughout Auckland continue to be at crisis levels.