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.

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Fire & Emergency New Zealand

Black Jack Fire Update #7

Black Jack Fire Update #7

13 January 2025

Drones with thermal imaging equipment will survey the Black Jack fireground on the Coromandel Peninsula tonight to identify where deepseated pockets of fire are burning.

Fire and Emergency NZ's specialist drone crew will be carrying out the flights and Incident Controller Shane Bromley says their findings will be used to target ground and air operations tomorrow.

Black Jack Rd will be open for residents access tonight once crews have stood down for the night.

Stop/go traffic management on the road will resume in the morning. The road runs through the fireground and the managed access helps ensure the safety of both firefighters and the public.

Shane Bromley says that the process of fully extinguishing the fire is likely to take a few more days. Conditions will be arduous for the firefighters, working on steep slopes in high temperatures. Tomorrow they will be supported by two helicopters with monsoon buckets, which will focus on the western flank that is inaccessible on the ground.

Firefighters from the Department of Conservation will return to the fireground tomorrow along with members of the Kuaotuna Volunteer Fire Brigade.

A fire investigator is working to establish the origin and cause of the fire.

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