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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Fernhill Fire Hawke’s Bay Update #4

24 December 2025 | Emergency Information

Fernhill Fire in Hawke's Bay now fully contained and 95 percent extinguished.

Fernhill Fire Hawkes Bay Update #3

23 December 2025 | Emergency Information

The fire at Fernhill in Hawkes Bay has been contained with no additional damage to structures.

Fernhill Fire Hawkes Bay Update #2

23 December 2025 | Emergency Information

Firefighters are close to containing a vegetation fire at Fernhill in Hawkes Bay, but the fire is not yet under control.

Fernhill Fire Hawke’s Bay Update #1

23 December 2025 | Emergency Information

Residents living around the Farmhouse Lodge on the outskirts of Fernhill are being evacuated due to a vegetation fire.

Parikino and Waiinu fire updates #3

18 December 2025 | Emergency Information

Final updates on the Parikino and Waiinu Beach vegetation fires.

Parikino and Waiiu fire update #2

17 December 2025 | Emergency Information

Evening updates for the Parikino and Waiinu Beach fires.

Parikino and Waiinu fire updates

17 December 2025 | Emergency Information

Efforts continue today to fully contain the vegetation fires at Lismore Forest near Parikino and Waiinu Beach.

Parikino fire update #6

16 December 2025 | Emergency Information

Rainfall meant firefighting efforts were scaled back at a vegetation fire in Lismore Forest near Parikino this afternoon.