Ngā wai whakapūkara ahihe wāhanga nui o tā tātou hanganga haumaru ahi ā-motu. Ka whakamahia ēnei e te ope ahi hei uru atu ki te wai mai i te puna matua o te rohe. Ko te nuinga o te wā kei roto i ngā ara hikoi tūmatanui, i ngā huarahi tere rānei, ko ngā kamupene wai, ko ngā mana whakahaere ahi ā-rohe rānei te nuinga o te wā e tāutahia ana, e puritia ana, e tiakina ana hoki. Heoi, inangā wai whakapūkara ahiMena kei runga i te whenua tūmataiti, i te whenua arumoni rānei, kei a koe te kawenga tiaki. Me tirotirohia me te tiaki tonu ngā wai whakapūkara ahi o raro whenua, kia rite ki te BS 9990. Mā tēnei ka taea e rātou te mahi i roto i ngā āhuatanga ohorere, ā, ka taea e te ope tinei ahi te hono i ā rātou ngongo ki te taha o te ahi kia ngāwari ake ai te uru atu ki te wai.

Mākū o Wahowai whakapūkara ahiHe pūnaha tuku wai e hono ana ki te whatunga pūnaha tinei ahi i waho o te whare. E whakamahia ana hei tuku wai mō ngā waka tinei ahi mai i te whatunga tuku wai ā-tāone, mai i te whatunga wai o waho rānei, kāore he mōrearea o ngā aituā waka, o te hau huka rānei. He pai ake te whakamahi i roto i ngā toa hokohoko, i ngā pokapū hokohoko, i ngā kāreti, i ngā hōhipera, me ētahi atu. Ka taea hoki te hono atu ki ngā pūwero hei ārai i te ahi.