01/10/2020
Installing and maintaining fire alarms by day, firefighter by night. Alex Haines (AJ), Fire Alarm Service Supervisor at The Fire Guys, is an integral part of our team and is known in the industry as someone who is reliable and knowledgeable. He also happens to be a volunteer firefighter for the Birkenhead Volunteer Fire Brigade for the past 7 years. AJ has attended to hundreds of emergencies ranging from medicals to serious car crashes, and he even helped with the Auckland SkyCity fire back in 2019. But by far his most memorable moment was getting notified that an aged person was lost and confused in the middle of Kauri Park Forest. AJ and his colleague hiked through the forest, weighed down by their firefighting uniforms, and eventually found the missing person badly injured and unable to walk. They carried her out of the forest and put her in the waiting ambulance. AJ said, “it was one of those jobs that once we got her to safety and put her in the ambulance, it just felt like we had really made a difference – not only to her life but also the family’s lives.” AJ said seeing all the fires he gets called to really makes him take his job at The Fire Guys seriously. He has seen firsthand the damage one small fire can do and how fast they can spread. Ensuring you have a reliable, robust and well-maintained Fire Protection System for your building and home is essential. Fire Alarms and Fire Sprinklers literally save lives. https://www.facebook.com/birkenheadfire/