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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Port Hills fire update #25

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Port Hills fire update #25

22 Huitanguru 2024

Firefighters will be working to extinguish 20 hotspots at the Port Hills fireground on Thursday.

Incident Commander Steve Kennedy says the drone crew identified the hotspots overnight, with 11 crews now tasked with eliminating them today.

A total of 36 personnel, including Incident Management Team staff, will be working at the fire today.

The drone team will be in attendance again tonight.

Crews working at the fire, as well as all crews from around the region, are conscious that today is the 13 th anniversary of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. 

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