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<strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News Wednesday <strong>March</strong> 6 <strong>2024</strong><br />
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NEWS<br />
• By Dylan Smits<br />
PACKING A “go bag” and<br />
investing in low flammability<br />
plants were among the top tips<br />
at a fire preparedness session last<br />
Thursday.<br />
Fire and Emergency New<br />
Zealand risk management officer<br />
Kerri Pring said the talk was<br />
intended for residents living in<br />
the Port Hills or nearby areas like<br />
Heathcote, Sumner and Lyttelton.<br />
Attendees were made aware of<br />
what plants have low flammability.<br />
“These can help slow a fastmoving<br />
wildfire and protect your<br />
property,” said Pring.<br />
She also stressed the importance<br />
of having a household evacuation<br />
plan with essentials packed.<br />
For people living on hills, Pring<br />
noted fire travels uphill at double<br />
speed for every 10 degrees of<br />
increased slope.<br />
“Those who live on hills should<br />
be aware of how fast a wildfire<br />
below could impact on them.”<br />
She warned climate change<br />
and the current hot summer are<br />
increasing fire risks.<br />
“People need to be prepared for<br />
more wildfires and the impact<br />
that could have on their homes<br />
and the community around<br />
them,” said Pring.<br />
She said the fires were “top of<br />
mind for some people’’.<br />
“I’d like to think many people<br />
went home from that session<br />
thinking about how they can<br />
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Planning ahead for future fires<br />
TOP TIPS: FENZ risk management officer Kerri Pring gave a one hour talk educating<br />
residents on key fire safety tips. The session had been postponed from February 15<br />
because of the Port Hills fire.<br />
protect themselves better.”<br />
About 40 people attended the<br />
session at the Heathcote Valley<br />
Community Centre which had<br />
been planned before the Port Hills<br />
fire.<br />
The session had been postponed<br />
from February 15 because FENZ<br />
staff were needed to fight the fires.<br />
“It just goes to show how<br />
important talking about<br />
these things actually is,” said<br />
community centre manager Jen<br />
Saunders.<br />
There was increased interest in<br />
the event since the fire, she said.<br />
More information on wildfire<br />
safety can be found at https://<br />
www.fireandemergency.nz<br />
Funding to<br />
aid planting<br />
of natives<br />
A FUND HAS been established to<br />
assist native tree regeneration in the<br />
area affected by the Port Hills fire.<br />
The Christchurch Foundation<br />
created the fund which will help<br />
the Te Kākahu Kahukura initiative<br />
plant low flammability native trees<br />
and invest in weeding and predator<br />
control.<br />
Foundation chief executive Amy<br />
Carter said predator traps in the<br />
fire area have been destroyed and<br />
will also need replacing.<br />
“We would encourage people to<br />
give because the environmental<br />
sector is acutely underfunded, but<br />
we also know it is one of the top<br />
priorities when you ask people<br />
where money should be spent.”<br />
She said the fund may also help<br />
pay for rock stabilisation in the fire<br />
area to help make the area safe for<br />
planting and other conservation<br />
work.<br />
The Te Kākahu Kahukura<br />
initiative is a pact where many<br />
Banks Peninsula organisations<br />
have agreed to plant native trees.<br />
Discussions among initiative<br />
signatories are ongoing, as they<br />
determine which part of the fire<br />
area should be worked on first and<br />
what native trees should be planted.<br />
Donations can be made at https://<br />
christchurchfoundation.org.nz/<br />
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