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Total fire ban issued for Hutt Valley
HUTT CITY COUNCIL NEWS RELEASE
3 March 2016
Total fire ban issued for Hutt Valley
Hutt City Council and the Rural Fire Service have issued a full ban on all outdoor fires in the Hutt Valley from 8am, Friday 4 March.
The ban covers all rural and urban areas in Lower and Upper Hutt. It includes all land administered by the Department of Conservation within these areas.
The total fire ban includes all incinerators, traditional cooking fires (such as hangi, umu, braai) solid fuel barbecues, camp fires and fireworks.
Portable gas barbecues are permitted but extra
care should be taken with their use.
All fire permits
previously issued are suspended until further notice, and no
special permits or exemptions will be issued.
This notice has been declared due to the continuing dry weather and shall remain in force until further notice.
For further information please contact the Wellington Rural Fire Authority, Hutt City Council, Upper Hutt City Council or the Department of Conservation.
This notice is given under Sections 20, 21 and 22 of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 and the Hutt City Council Fire Prevention (Urban Fire District) Bylaw 2008.
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