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
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News and media

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Waipoua River Fire

26 February 2025 | Announcements

This afternoon Fire and Emergency was alerted to a vegetation fire at Waipoua River in the Kaipara region of Northland.

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Fire investigators seek help from Roxburgh community after Town Hall fire

7 February 2025 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency New Zealand investigators looking into the cause of the Roxburgh Town Hall fire yesterday are asking for help from the local community.

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Applications sought for Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Canterbury Local Advisory Committee

3 February 2025 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is seeking applications for members of its Canterbury Local Advisory Committee.

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Fire and Emergency New Zealand seeks local advisory committee members in Wellington

3 February 2025 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is calling for expressions of interest from people in the greater Wellington area to join its local advisory committee.

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Tiwai Peninsula vegetation fire update #3

31 January 2025 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have made good progress in clearing hotspots out of the burnt scrub and wetland on Tiwai Peninsula today.

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Tiwai Peninsula vegetation fire update #2

31 January 2025 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews are back on Tiwai Peninsula in Invercargill today, where the large vegetation fire has not grown further overnight.

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Tiwai Peninsula vegetation fire update

30 January 2025 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have been working hard to contain a large vegetation fire in mixed scrub and wetland on Tiwai Peninsula in Invercargill.

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Mangawhai Tornado Update #2

26 January 2025 | Announcements

Firefighters are continuing to check homes and properties in the area where a tornado affected an area of Mangawhai this morning.