about potential fire hazards?

Happy New Year with the warmer weather and gardens being cleared we attend smoke nuisance calls so be a good neighbour and do not create:

• Air and environmental pollution
• Smoke hazards
• Ash or odour nuisance
• Potential fire hazards

Porirua City Council's bylaw authorises Council Officers and the New Zealand Fire Service to extinguish any open air fires which cause any of the above.

Specifications for incinerators

You must always use an incinerator that is specifically designed and constructed for rubbish burning. Old drums are generally not suitable for this purpose unless they have been specially adapted as an incinerator. Your incinerator should have:

• A grate system to allow a free flow of air through the incinerator to aid burning
• A cover to contain the burning material
• A spark arrester to prevent the escape of sparks and embers.

Instead of burning:

• Use the Broken Hill landfill tip
• Use Council's recycling collection service
• Use the household rubbish collection service for small amounts of garden rubbish
• Mulch or compost waste vegetation
• Deliver recyclable items and materials to the recycling station and Trash Palace at the landfill tip

Hangi, Umu

• Notify the Fire Service prior to lighting your Hangi or Umu cooking fire.
• You may contact NZ Fire Service Control on telephone (04) 801 0812. 
• DO NOT USE the 111 emergency telephone service for this purpose.

Fire Calls attended by Titahi Bay for 2012