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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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Tahanga Road, Far North vegetation fire update

Tahanga Road, Far North vegetation fire update

14 February 2022

Firefighters are fighting a vegetation fire on Tahanga Road, Lake Ohia, in the Far North which broke out shortly before 1pm today. 

About two hectares of dense scrubland is burning. Due to the inaccessibility of the fireground and strong north-westerly winds, four helicopters have been brought in to support the two groundcrews of 10 firefighters.

No homes are currently under threat. 

Northland District Manager Wipari Henwood says, “This fire is about 3.8 km from the Inland Road vegetation fire on Karikari Peninsula. We are doing our best to keep this one under control and keep it from spreading to Inland Road.”

The cause and origin of the fire is being investigated.

This is the third large-scale vegetation fire in the Far North since last December. Mr Henwood reminds people that north of Awanui to Cape Reinga and Karikari Penninsula are still in a prohibited fire season (total fire ban) and the rest of Northland is in a restricted fire season (fire by permit only).

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