Our 3-Step Escape Plan

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  • 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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Waikato wetland fire update #3

Waikato wetland fire update #3

22 October 2024

Six helicopters supported by ground crews filling monsoon buckets are this morning fighting a large vegetation fire in scrub and wetlands near Meremere, North Waikato.

Incident Commander Shane Bromley says the fire front is now five kilometres wide and has burned through around 80 hectares.

The fire is not yet controlled and is spreading through Whangamarino Wetland a Department of Conservation area of environmental significance.

Shane Bromley says fire investigators are on the fire ground today but an origin and cause of the fire has not yet been confirmed.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted to the fire off Island Block Road around 1.15pm on Monday.

There will be another update this afternoon.

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