Our 3-Step Escape Plan

  • First Escape Route
  • Second Escape Route
  • Meeting Place
Notes

Use this space to note any additional information about your escape plan, i.e. who will assist

Your checklist

  • Get low

    Smoke is poisonous and more deadly than flames.

    If you breathe smoke for more than a few breaths it can kill you.

  • Be fast

    A house fire can kill you in less than three minutes.

    Don't spend time trying to save possessions.

  • Close doors

    A closed door buys you time.

    It slows down the spread of fire, giving you more time to get to safety.

  • Get out - stay out!

    People have died by going back into a fire.

    Don't leave the meeting place to go back inside for any reason.

Call emergency services as soon as you are out and safe. Ask for FIRE.

Clearly state your address and let the operator know it anyone is still inside or has not made it to the safe meeting place.

Emergency call 111 Emergency text 111
Fire & Emergency New Zealand

Building visits

Building visits are undertaken in accordance with the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017.

The purpose of these visits is to obtain information for:

pre-incident planning:
assessing compliance with the requirements under any relevant fire safety legislation:
conducting post-incident analysis.
These visits provide information that is stored securely in the Fire and Emergency Station Management System (SMS) building information database. The SMS database provides information for firefighters when responding to incidents.

If we find that any provisions of the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fire Safety, Evacuation Procedures, and Evacuation Schemes) Regulations 2018 has been breached we will notify the building owner of the problem.

For more significant building non-compliance, we may begin a formal procedure to ensure that we meet our legislative responsibilities.

Persons deemed competent

Part 2 subpart 6 of the Building Act 2004 deals with dangerous buildings. As a part of that statutory regime, territorial authorities can request advice from members of Fire and Emergency who are notified to territorial authorities by the Board of Fire and Emergency New Zealand as competent to give such advice. Requests from territorial authorities for advice under section 121(2) of the Building Act 2004 should be addressed to section121advice@fireandemergency.nz.

Under section 121(2)(a) of the Act, it is advised that the following members of Fire and Emergency are competent to give advice under section 121 of the Building Act 2004:

Darren Aitken                   Senior Risk Reduction Policy and Capability Specialist
Luke Burgess                    Community Risk Manager
Colin Clemens                Senior Specialist Fire Investigator
Matthew Crabtree         Advisor Risk Reduction
Stuart Cradock                Senior Advisor Risk Reduction
Simon Davis                     Fire Engineering Manager
Ian Duncan                        Manager Incident and Emergency Management
James Firestone             Fire Engineering Team Leader
Peter Gallagher               Risk Reduction and Investigations Manager
Peter Hallett                     Senior Advisor Risk Reduction
John Hotter                       Advisor Risk Reduction
Lynda McHugh                Senior Advisor Risk Reduction
Glenn Menzies                Community Risk Manager
Robert Palmer                 Senior Advisor Risk Reduction