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Firefighters say they no longer have confidence in their ageing vehicle fleet, and fear it could let them down in life or death situations.
They said they had learned to get by, but worried that with an ageing fleet and constant mechanical faults they would not be able to continue plugging the gaps.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand has said new trucks were on the way and insisted the current trucks were being well maintained.
Despite this, the firefighters' union was planning further industrial action and said FENZ needed to do more.
On what was typically one of the busiest nights of the year for firefighters, Guy Fawkes, one of the country's largest fire crews were battling with an ageing fleet of trucks.
Photo: RNZ / Evie Richardson
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