Our 3-Step Escape Plan

  • First Escape Route
  • Second Escape Route
  • Meeting Place
Notes

Use this space to note any additional information about your escape plan, i.e. who will assist

Your checklist

  • Get low

    Smoke is poisonous and more deadly than flames.

    If you breathe smoke for more than a few breaths it can kill you.

  • Be fast

    A house fire can kill you in less than three minutes.

    Don't spend time trying to save possessions.

  • Close doors

    A closed door buys you time.

    It slows down the spread of fire, giving you more time to get to safety.

  • Get out - stay out!

    People have died by going back into a fire.

    Don't leave the meeting place to go back inside for any reason.

Call emergency services as soon as you are out and safe. Ask for FIRE.

Clearly state your address and let the operator know it anyone is still inside or has not made it to the safe meeting place.

Emergency call 111 Emergency text 111
Fire & Emergency New Zealand

Change in fire season for Mid-South Canterbury

Change in fire season for Mid-South Canterbury

19 March 2020

The fire season in Mid-South Canterbury will change from restricted to open effective from midnight 19 March.

This means that a permit is no longer required to light a fire in open air in High Country Zone, Ashburton Coastal, Timaru Coastal and Waimate Coastal zones.

Although a restricted fire season will remain for the Geraldine and Waimate Forest zones, permits will continue to be required for those areas.

Principal Rural Fire Officer Rob Hands says the changes have been made after the fire danger indices dropped for the area.

Go to www.checkitsalright.nz to check the fire season in your specific location and for tips to make sure you and your family stay fire safe.

ENDS

For more information, please contact the Fire and Emergency New Zealand media team

media@fireandemergency.nz

027 591 8837

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