Nor'West News: May 17, 2016

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Tuesday [Edition May datE] 17 2016
Flame files
Clean lint filters in
your clothes dryer
BY MARK THOMAS – FIRE RISK
MANAGEMENT OFFICER
Last Saturday a fire reported in a clothes
dryer in a commercial building in St
Asaph St was dealt with by the two city
crews attending using breathing apparatus
and fire extinguishers.
It’s another timely reminder that colder
conditions and the need for drying washing
inside must hit us soon considering
we’re just a couple of weeks short of officially
being in winter.
Home tumble dryers are found everywhere
and will be utilised more and more
as winter bites. They are generally fairly
safe but we do occasionally get called out
when they ignite.
The best prevention for this happening
is to clean the lint filter every time before
turning the machine on and to make
sure someone is home while it’s operating.
Then if all does go wrong the result
should be no worse than that in St Asaph
St. It does tend to ruin your day when
contacted at work to be told your house
has burned down.
Two good examples last weekend of
firefighters going the extra mile included
the retrieval of a model plane from a
tree at QE II and the assistance given
to an elderly lady in South New
Brighton.
DISASTER: Tumble dryers can ignite if they
aren’t maintained.
This woman had slipped and crashed
through a glass door at her home. She
was kept in hospital overnight and then
released, only to come home to the still
broken door.
Wainoni’s crew spent an hour and a
half contacting insurance and repair
people.
They stayed available for further calls
but saved some real anguish by taking
charge. That’s good work.
BRYNDWR
The name Bryndwr has Welsh origins
and was given to the area by European
settler Charles Jeffreys, who owned 100
acres of farmland in 1880. The name
translates ‘on the brink of the water’.
The area was named for the small creeks
forming the headwaters of the Waimairi
Stream and close proximity to Lake
Bryndwr.
NOR’WEST NEWS
BRyndWR IS generally identified as being the area
around Aorangi and Wairakei Roads. It is one of two
suburbs in the norwest of Christchurch (Burnside
is the other) which experienced rapid growth when
Christchurch expanded out from the city centre in the
1950s and 1960s. This expansion was accelerated due
to World War Two ex-servicemen returning to build
homes and settle with their families.
Lake Bryndwr was the name given
to the three shingle pits fed by an
underground spring located in close
proximity to Roydvale Avenue and
Wairakei Rd. It was quarried by the Ashby
Brothers which provided much of the
stone and gravel for drives and paths. The
main pit, known as Lake Bryndwr, was
extremely deep - between 4.5 - 6 metres
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