Pegasus Post: August 29, 2017

6 Tuesday August 29 2017
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FLAME FILES
Hot tips to stop
stove top fires
• By Mark Thomas – specialist fire
investigator
I SEEM to spend some time
every week complaining about
the number of kitchen fires we’re
going to.
Not that we are moaning
about having to go to them, but
we know the inconvenience
to anyone who has such a fire.
People who suffer them regularly
end up being treated for smoke
inhalation after trying to control
what happened.
Last week was quite a busy one
in the kitchen fire department,
and a couple of the call-outs triggered
messages we all should be
aware of.
The first was at Breezes Rd,
Aranui, on Thursday and was a
perfect example of the danger of
leaving something combustible
on a stove top.
In this case, a plastic coffee
grinder was cooked up because
the element it was sitting on was
turned on by mistake.
I’ve seen bread boards, toasters
and tea towels all cause a fire because
an element was mistakenly
activated.
If you persist in storing these
things on the stove top, it’s
almost inevitable that eventually
the obvious will happen.
They’re not storage areas.
If you’re tempted to use them
as such, then quite simply, don’t.
The second fire was at Ferry Rd
on Friday where a pot of burning
oil was carried through the house
in an effort to get it outside.
Inevitably it was dropped as the
flames increased. A fire on the
stove top should be handled right
there. If it can’t, get out and shut
the door. Don’t spread the fire.
Book shows pupils the hidden
world underneath their city
FOLLOWING A successful part
one, which sold out in a week,
Christchurch – Our Underground
Story is back with part two.
The lift-the-flap picture book
lets readers explore Christchurch’s
hidden city, showing the work that
the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure
Rebuild Team has done
to repair and rebuild the city’s
roads, bridges, pipes and retaining
walls.
Eight children from Rawhiti
School gathered to witness the
first school copy of the book being
handed over by Nicky Wagner,
Minister supporting Greater Christchurch
Regeneration.
This was followed by a reading
of the book and some potential
engineers even got to dress up in
construction attire, ready for their
first day on the job.
The five SCIRT delivery teams
(City Care, Fulton Hogan,
Fletcher, Downer, and McConnell
Dowell) have sponsored enough
books for every primary school in
Christchurch to receive a copy.
STORYTELLER: Nicky
Wagner read part two
of Christchurch – Our
Underground Story to eight
Rawhiti School pupils.
PEGASUS POST
FIRST: Rawhiti School pupils got their hands on a new
picture book showing the work that SCIRT has done.
public meeting/
Agm
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
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(Refreshments from 7.15pm)
“purpose & Future
of the Wastewater
Oxidation ponds”
By Adam Twose,
Manager Operations Water & Wastewater
for Christchurch City Council
AND
“Our estuary;
issues and Options
going Forward”
By Chrissie Williams,
Trust Board Member
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