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.

Emergency call 111 Emergency text 111
Fire & Emergency New Zealand

Mt Creighton Fire - Update 7

Mt Creighton Fire - Update 7

10 October 2022

Thermal imaging has detected 13 hotspots within the Mt Creighton fireground this morning.

Fire and Emergency Incident Controller Mark Mawhinney says ground crews with hand tools are working to extinguish seven of the hotspots while helicopters are waterbombing the other six, which can’t be accessed on the ground because of their location.

No new fire activity has been detected today.

It is getting windier on the fireground with sustained speeds up 30-40 km/hr. Operations will be suspended for safety once the gusts exceed about 60km/hr. NIWA is predicting gusts of up to 120km/hr later today, dying down again overnight.

Mr Mawhinney says planning is underway for tomorrow’s operations, to continue mopping up.

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