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.

Tiwai Peninsula vegetation fire update #2

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews are back on Tiwai Peninsula in Invercargill today, where the large vegetation fire has not grown further overnight.

The fire grew to 1,200 hectares yesterday in hot, windy conditions but was contained by the end of the day.

Incident Controller Hamish Angus says there will be 35 firefighters on site today, with support from five helicopters, the Department of Conservation and local forestry companies.

“Our focus today is on knocking out those remaining hotspots,” he says.

“We’re expecting winds to pick up over the next few days, so we want to make sure there’s nothing left here that could get the fire under way again.

“It’s too early to say what caused the fire, but we will have fire investigators here today looking into that.”