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

Lee Valley fire update #8

Lee Valley fire update #8

9 February 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s focus at the Lee Valley fire today is to complete the 1.2-kilometre containment line required around the perimeter of the fire.

This requires firefighters to work in steep terrain using hand tools to clear a space of vegetation twenty metres wide.

Fire and Emergency is aiming to complete the containment line by the end of the day.

Three helicopters with monsoon buckets and 30 firefighters will continue throughout the day.

Incident Controller Steve Trigg says he is very pleased with the progress made yesterday by crews, who put in a massive effort working in very difficult conditions.

"Once the containment line is completed we hope to be able to return evacuated residents to their homes either today or tomorrow, opening the road to residents only, with restricted speed limits in place," Steve Trigg says.

Steve Trigg wishes to remind people to be vigilant around activities that can generate sparks during this very dry fire season, and reminds people that a simple spark can have devastating impacts on people, property and the environment, as well as pets and livestock.

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