You can protect yourself from fires by taking a few simple precautions now.
Tick the items in the following list to indicate your preparedness for a rural fire:

• Avoid all outdoor activities that generate heat or sparks.
• Clear a 10 to 30-metre space around houses and outbuildings.
• Clean rain gutters and downspouts.
• Remove dead plants and debris from sections.
• Cut lawns and paddocks around buildings, and water where permitted.
• Connect a garden hose for immediate use.
• Signpost water supplies and provide clear access routes.
• Prepare a home inventory, and collect important documents in a safe place.
• Make an escape plan.
• Evacuate immediately if instructed by authorities.

View our Fire safety brochure 681kb

The Canterbury Regional Rural Fire Committee urges everyone to take these firewise actions to reduce our fire risk this summer

Report all fires immediately – DIAL 111

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