Across New Zealand, FENZ is failing the community with failing trucks and equipment and dangerously low levels of career firefighters and 111 emergency call centre operators. In 2022, FENZ agreed “in principle” to employ an additional 230 firefighters over 5 years to maintain minimum crew levels. Instead of increasing the number of recruit courses FENZ has reduced recruit courses. A truck offline due to lack of staffing means one less truck to respond. It means a truck will have to come from further afield and minutes cost lives.
FENZ is rolling the dice on public safety – the New Zealand public deserves better.
Please support the NZPFU in its fight for safe staffing and systems of work, fair wages and recognition of occupational cancer and injury.
