Fireworks - Stay Safe
It seems that summer has suddenly arrived, and with it the fun of fireworks. But at Fire and Emergency NZ we know that we will see more unnecessary fires and injuries during the next couple of weeks.
We don’t want to be the “Fun Police” or try to stop others from having some fun with fireworks, so here are some helpful hints to make your Guy Fawkes night safe:
• Follow the instructions on the fireworks, but read them with a torch, not a naked flame!
• Make sure that the area where you’re lighting your fireworks is a big open area away from anything that could catch fire
• Never let a child light fireworks.
• Keep a bucket of water, or a garden hose while you’re lighting them.
• Keep all the unlit fireworks in a closed box or a bag away from where you are lighting them, until you’re ready to use them.
• If one of your fireworks doesn’t go – don’t try to relight it, stay away from it and dispose of it carefully later.
• If anyone gets burnt, put the burns under cold running water for at least 20 minutes.
Please, point the fireworks at the stars, not your mates, or your pets, or your house, or…… You get the message.
Have fun. Keep Safe, and remember, if the worst should happen in your home…
Get out and stay out
In a fire, get everybody out and call 111.
And whatever you do, stay out.
Poll: Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?
The Australian Prime Minister has expressed plans to ban social media use for children.
This would make it illegal for under 16-year-olds to have accounts on platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms would be tasked with ensuring children have no access (under-age children and their parents wouldn’t be penalised for breaching the age limit)
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Do you think NZ should follow suit? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below.
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85.5% Yes
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13.4% No
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scumbags
There are some really awful people around at the moment. This is what happened on Sunday.
We live in Hinemoa Street opposite the Waiwhetu Stream. At around 3.40 in the afternoon I was looking out my window and saw a car pull up and start to feed the geese and ducks out the window. Then The passenger an asian man jumped out and threw himself onto a goose. he picked it up and put it the boot of the car.
I immediately ran over and stood in front of his car to stop him moving I also called my husband to help. A lovely man was riding his bike and saw it and stopped to help me. The driver tried to drive into me but I didnt move. He tried telling us it was his pet. These are wild geese.
They had a cage in the boot and some wire all ready to catch the poor bird like they have done it before. My husband took the bird from the car and released it. I then moved out of the way and after lots of abuse from the driver they drove off threatening to come back and get more.
No one should be allowed to take these beautiful birds and certainly not like this. they are all starting to have wee babies at the moment the whole thing was so upsetting to me. Another neighbour further down the road also saw it all happen.
Please keep a look out for this car and if you see them by the stream go over and watch them lets all stop this happening.
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