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

Titahi Bay fire update #2

Titahi Bay fire update #2

12 January 2024

Eight crews are still working to bring a vegetation fire at Titahi Bay under control. Helicopters with monsoon buckets will also be working this morning.

The fire is burning over about 10ha in Whitireia Park and people are asked to stay away from the area. No homes are at risk.

Additional rural firefighters are being brought in this morning to support and relieve the urban and rural crews who have been working overnight.

Smoke is affecting a large part of Porirua and the National Public Health Service has issued this advice:

  1. If you're in an area where there is smoke, go inside and close the windows and doors and turn off air conditioning units. If you have been exposed to the smoke and are feeling unwell, contact Healthline (0800 611 116) or ring your doctor for advice.
  2. Smoke may irritate the eyes, nose, throat, and airways. Symptoms can include watery or sore eyes, dry or sore throat, sore nose, cough, tightness of the chest or difficulty breathing.
  3. In healthy people, most symptoms disappear soon after exposure to smoke ends and do not cause long-term health problems. Smokers, the elderly, children, and those with heart disease, asthma or other lung disease are at the greatest risk of harm from smoke inhalation. Avoid exposure to smoke if possible.

If you have asthma, lung or heart disease, seek medical help if your symptoms worsen despite using your usual measures, or if you experience breathlessness or chest pain.

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