Our 3-Step Escape Plan

  • First Escape Route
  • Second Escape Route
  • Meeting Place
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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

Transmission Gully fuel leak 8.30am update

Transmission Gully fuel leak 8.30am update

4 April 2023

Fire crews have set up a dam and isolated the fuel leaking from a tanker involved in this morning’s crash on Transmission Gully.

Fire and Emergency Group Manager Gareth Hughes says the amount of fuel lost from the tanker is not yet known, but volunteer and career firefighters have worked hard to prevent it from reaching an environmentally sensitive area.

A second fuel tanker is being brought to the site to decant the remaining fuel. Until that is complete, there is still a risk of an explosion so the road is remaining closed.

Fire and Emergency has eight fire trucks at the scene along with a hazardous materials unit, a specialist breathing apparatus unit, two tankers and the command unit.

An environmental protection officer is also on their way to the scene.

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