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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 status for Auckland

Change in fire season status for Auckland

24 January 2020

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is updating its fire season status for the Auckland region.

From 8am Tuesday morning, the entire Auckland region and North Waikato will change to a prohibited fire season.

A restricted season has been in place across greater Auckland and a prohibited fire season across all the islands of the Hauraki Gulf since the end of November.

A prohibited season means a total fire ban, with any current fire permits for the area suspended from the date the prohibited season starts.

Principal Rural Fire Officer Thomas Harre says the region is very dry.

"We have had a couple of close calls recently where our crews have done brilliant jobs to bring potentially dangerous fires under control.

"It only takes a spark to start a fire."

Thomas Harre says with high temperatures forecast for the long weekend, we need everyone throughout the region to carefully check what activates they can do with fire.

This now means all of Te Hiku (Auckland/Northland) will be in a prohibited fire season.

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