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

Fire and Emergency Drone Teams deployed to the West Coast

Fire and Emergency Drone Teams deployed to the West Coast

5 December 2019

A drone team of three from Fire and Emergency New Zealand is currently carrying out a Rapid Assessment of the impact heavy rain is having on the West Coast.

The team is part of Fire and Emergency’s Southern Urban Search and Rescue Task Force and was deployed from Christchurch to the West Coast at the request of West Coast Civil Defence.

The team of two drone operators and one spotter will be monitoring and mapping rivers, bridges and floodplains from Hokitika to Buller over the next three days, and making rapid disaster assessments of the heavy rain’s impact.

The Fire and Emergency NZ USAR capability is made up skilled people from inside and outside the organisation, and from around the country. It specialises in heavy urban search and rescue capability at home and internationally. As with the drone team now on the West Coast, USAR also provides specialist assistance to disaster response teams.

ENDS

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

media@fireandemergency.nz

027 591 8837

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