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.

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Offenders sentenced for lighting the 2022 Awarua Wetlands wildfire during a total fire ban

23 January 2025 | Announcements

Two people have been sentenced in the Invercargill District Court for offences relating to a fire in the Awarua Wetlands in 2022.

Mangere Mountain fire: Update 2

19 January 2025 | Announcements

The fire at Mangere Mountain is now contained. Crews remain onsite dampening down hotspots and will continue working this morning.

Vegetation fire burning on Mangere Mountain

18 January 2025 | Announcements

At 9:25 pm Fire and Emergency received multiple calls about a vegetation fire burning on Mangere Mountain near Domain Road.

Fire risk increasing in dry Manawatū-Whanganui weather

17 January 2025 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is calling for people in the Manawatū-Whanganui area to take extra care not to spark fires this weekend.

Fire danger increasing across Taranaki

16 January 2025 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is sounding a fire warning for Taranaki because of warm, windy conditions heading into the weekend.

Black Jack Fire Update #11

15 January 2025 | Announcements

Thermal imaging identified a further 14 hotspots of deepseated burning on the Black Jack fireground overnight and firefighters will work on these today.

Black Jack Fire Update #10

14 January 2025 | Announcements

Firefighters will return to the Black Jack fireground near Kuaotunu on the Coromandel Peninsula tomorrow to continue extinguishing the vegetation fire.

Black Jack Fire Update #9

14 January 2025 | Announcements

Firefighters have been digging out hotspots this morning and will switch to patrolling this afternoon as the risk of flare-ups increases.