13 Jun 2023

Substandard fire alarms uncovered by inspectors

From Morning Report, 7:42 am on 13 June 2023

Fire alarms subject to "malicious" tampering, smoke stop doors missing and trickling hoses for fighting fires.

These are some of what fire inspections and investigations have been finding at government-subsidised emergency housing providers in the Bay of Plenty.

At one, firefighters faced off with aggressive dogs.

Phil Pennington, who on Friday reported how a whole layer of fire safety inspections in the Bay is missing, has been looking into this and spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.