Our 3-Step Escape Plan

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

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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.

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Fire & Emergency New Zealand

Change in fire season for Wairarapa and Tararua Districts

Change in fire season for Wairarapa and Tararua Districts

30 March 2020

The fire seasons for Wairarapa and Tararua Districts will change from prohibited to restricted effective from 8am this morning (Monday 30 March).

This means that to light a fire in these areas, a permit needs to be issued. Previously all fire lighting activities in the areas were prohibited.

Due to the Level 4 lockdown and the National State of Emergency we currently aren’t visiting sites, meaning it may take longer than usual for permit applications to be reviewed. We will also be looking at them on a case by case basis to review the immediate need for the permits.

Principal Rural Fire Officer Steve Wadsworth is hoping anyone thinking of applying for a permit or planning on lighting a fire thinks carefully about the situation the country is currently in.

"While we are changing the season, we don’t want our people to have to respond to preventable fires."

Mr Wadsworth 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 to start your application for a permit. This site also has tips to make sure you and your family stay fire safe.

ENDS

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