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

Helicopters working to contain fire at Riwaka near Motueka

Helicopters working to contain fire at Riwaka near Motueka

24 January 2023

Three helicopters and ground crews are working to contain a fire in a forestry block in the Riwaka Valley near Motueka.

Fire and Emergency District Manager Grant Haywood said the fire was burning on steep terrain in an area of harvested forest. Smoke is visible from Motueka but there is no threat to other property. 

Fire and Emergency is working with forestry partners to manage the response to the fire, which was reported at 3.30pm.

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