People s lives are at risk : Firefighters Union gives dire warning over shortage of aerial trucks Newshub 14/01/2021 Edward O Driscoll Replay Video UP NEXT The Professional Firefighters Union is warning that a member of the public will die if Fire and Emergency doesn t do something about the shortage of trucks with long-reach cherry pickers onboard. A massive blaze in Auckland on Wednesday used all the aerial trucks available in the region, meaning none were available if another fire broke out somewhere else in the city. It took fire crews almost 24 hours to fully extinguish that raging inferno and special trucks with cherry pickers are needed to fight fires of that size.