paepae whakamahue e taea ana te huka i te ahi
He kāhui whakarongo i te ahi, he mōhiohanga nui ki te whakahaere haumaru whare me te hoahoa rohe ā-waho, e whakawhiti ana i ngā pai ā-mata me ngā hua matua o te tiaki i te ahi. Ko tēnei whenua whakarongo i raro nei ko ngā papa whakamaharatanga me te rākau tītaha whatumanawa e hoki mai i runga i te kāhui whare tuatahi, e hanga ana i tētahi paepae tiaki hei whakatūmango i te whakapae ahi, me te taku i ngā raraunga pūnaha, ngā toko waiwai, me ngā tāna. E hanga ana ngā papa i runga i ngā rara tiaki-a-a-ringa, pērā i ngā rama porowhita, rākau, rā anō ko te gipsumu, inoi inoi i te whakamātau me te whakaritea ki te whakatika i ngā momo ahi tētahi waewae e taea ana i ngā wā e rua atu. Kua hangaia ēnei whenua hei whakarite i ō rātou whakapono whakaaweawe i te wā o te ahi, e whakamutu ana rānei e mohio ana ki te whakapae ahi me ngā kiko ahuwhenua i waenganui i ngā marae. Nō ngā whenua whakarongo hou o nāianei ngā whakaaturanga hanga hou, pērā i ngā pūngao intumescent e whānui ana i te wā o te uruhere, e hanga ana i tētahi paepae tonu tonu hei tiaki i te whakapae ahi. Ko te mahi whakatakoto he whakatakotoria i te rākau whatumanawa ki te kāhui tuatahi, ka mutu ko te whakatakoto i ngā papa whakarite i roto i te whatumanawa. Ko tēnei hoahoa pūnaha e whakamana ana i te tiaki ahi whakarerekē, ā, e whakaae ana ki te whakawhitiwhiti i ngā raraunga waiwai i runga i te kāhui whakarongo i te wā e hiahia ana. Ka kitea ngā whenua nei i ngā whare ā-porihori, ngā whare oranga tangata, ngā kura ā-motu, me ēnei wāhi ā-pūtea kei reira te haumaru ahi.