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Residents of Auckland's City Gardens Apartments ordered to evacuate over fire safety

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/514565/residents-of-auckland-s-city-gardens-apartments-ordered-to-evacuate-over-fire-safety

"Significant" fire safety concerns and cockroach infestations have plagued the Auckland CBD highrise.

I work with fire alarm systems for a living, so it's fascinating to see a building get so bad it is shut down entirely by the fire brigade.

No BWOF since 2017 is just incredible though.

6 comments

liv

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That building sounds horrendous.

How did you get into the fire alarm systems industry? Sounds intriguing.

thevoyagekayaking

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I originally started training to be an electrician, before being offered an apprenticeship as an alarm technician. It's a unit standard based qualification, so a lot of it crosses over.

liv

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That's so cool! Electricity is interesting anyway but even better, you get to know your work is saving lives.

thevoyagekayaking

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It's a fun job actually.

liv

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That's awesome, having a fun job adds years to your life.

Not sure why it didnt occur to me that electrician training could lead to stuff like that.

thevoyagekayaking

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