{"id":205539,"date":"2025-12-28T19:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T19:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/205539\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T19:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T19:30:08","slug":"vehicle-rescues-in-central-auckland-face-delays-after-engine-crash-firefighters-union-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/205539\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle rescues in central Auckland face delays after engine crash, firefighters’ union says"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fire<\/p>\n

\nThe fire engine involved in the crash was a what is known as a pump rescue tender (file image).
\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Samuel Rillstone\n<\/p>\n

The Professional Firefighters Union says there will be delays extracting anyone who may become trapped in a vehicle in Auckland’s central city, after a fire truck was damaged in a crash<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police were called at 9.38am on Sunday morning to the intersection of Hobson Street and Victoria Street West. Minor injuries were reported, and the truck was towed away.<\/p>\n

Fire and Emergency’s (FENZ) northern communications shift manager Ryan Geen told RNZ the crash occurred while a local crew was responding to a fire call under lights and sirens.<\/p>\n

“While they’re on the way, they’ve had an incident involving another vehicle,” he said.<\/p>\n

Union representative Toby Kerr explained the truck involved was known as a pump rescue tender, which carried gear like the jaws of life, which was used to extract trapped people after accidents.<\/p>\n

The truck had been a relief vehicle itself, and there wasn’t another available to replace it.<\/p>\n

The nearest truck carrying extraction gear would now be responding to accidents in the central city from Avondale or Takapuna, Kerr said, which would “certainly cause a delay to any response in the city”.<\/p>\n

Firefighters earlier told RNZ that they no longer have confidence in their ageing vehicle fleet<\/a>, and fear it could let them down in life or death situations.<\/p>\n

FENZ responds<\/p>\n

FENZ Assistant Commander Barry Thomas said there were several other pump rescue tender fire trucks available for dispatch to central Auckland.<\/p>\n

Nobody in the engine was injured in the crash, but it had to be towed to a service provider for repairs, Thomas said.<\/p>\n

“Until it returns to service, five other pump rescue tenders from other parts of Auckland are available to be dispatched to any incidents requiring a specialist rescue response, with the Avondale and Takapuna appliances being the closest.”<\/p>\n

FENZ was working to find a replacement fire truck as quickly as possible, he said.<\/p>\n

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