- Title:
-
Determining Effective Fire Safety Strategies for Maori
- Date:
- August 2000
- Organisations
- NZFS
- Authors:
- Piki Thomas, Kay Rayner & Moira Moroney
- Location:
- New Zealand, New Zealand
Overview
The ultimate intention of Determining Effective Fire Safety Strategies for Maori was to reduce the incidence and consequence of fire. For this to be achieved the authors need to understand why death by fire was more common for Mäori than for all other races in the Bay-Waikato Fire Region.
Three hundred face to face interviews with Mäori in the region (central North Island) were conducted. The interviews were conducted to assess:
- the level of awareness of fire safety behaviour
- examine how Mäori would respond in an emergency
- understand the lifestyle variables that may contribute to the higher incidence of fire death among Mäori
- assess communication options and determine how to best reach at-risk Mäori.
