Our 3-Step Escape Plan

  • First Escape Route
  • Second Escape Route
  • Meeting Place
Notes

Use this space to note any additional information about your escape plan, i.e. who will assist

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 #11

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Black Jack Fire Update #11

15 Kohitātea 2025

Firefighters will continue their efforts to extinguish areas of deepseated burning on the Black Jack fireground near Kuaotunu on the Coromandel Peninsula today.

Last night Fire and Emergency NZ's drone team identified a further 14 hotspots using thermal imaging, and these will be targeted by ground crews today, with the support of a helicopter and monsoon bucket.

Incident Controller Shane Bromley said the areas where crews will work are on terrain that is difficult to reach.

Black Jack Road will be closed all day, with access for residents and essential traffic for 15 minutes every hour, on the hour.

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