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

Change in fire season status for Canterbury

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Change in fire season status for Canterbury

22 Kohitātea 2020

Fire and Emergency New Zealand are updated its fire season for Canterbury.

From midnight Friday, it is putting the region (Selwyn, Waimakariri, Christchurch and Hurunui) into a prohibited fire season.

Canterbury had been in a restricted season since the middle of November.

A prohibited season means a total fire ban, with any current fire permits for the area suspended from the date the prohibited season starts.

Acting Principal Rural Fire Officer Al Hutt says the region is very dry.

"We have already had a few vegetation fires get out of hand recently, and they have required significant resources to bring under control.

"It only takes a spark to start a fire."

Al Hutt says it is important everyone carefully considers the dangers when looking at activities involving machinery.

"These activities can often create sparks, and with hot, dry and windy conditions fire can easily spread."

For more information on whether you can light a fire in your area head to checkitsalright.nz

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