Firefighters have told Auckland leaders that a lack of water for hoses, and increasingly jammed-up roads and jammed-in housing are making fighting fires worse.
Fire and Emergency has a long list of urgent pleas lodged with Auckland Council for help - saying the government did not take this into account in pushing for intensified housing.
FENZ cites a case study of a construction site house in Manukau that firefighters struggled to reach, got half as much water as they needed - and ultimately the fire badly damaged three other cheek-by-jowl homes.
John Duguid the council's general manager of plans says their hands are tied when it comes down to the Building Code, Building Act and MBIE.
FENZ has also gone to all the country's councils over its concerns with the impacts of housing intensification.
