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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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.

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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.

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Parikino and Waiinu fire updates #3

18 December 2025 | Emergency Information

Final updates on the Parikino and Waiinu Beach vegetation fires.

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Parikino and Waiinu fire update #2

17 December 2025 | Emergency Information

Evening updates for the Parikino and Waiinu Beach fires.

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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.

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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.

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Waiinu Beach fire update #3

16 December 2025 | Emergency Information

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews continue their mahi at the Waiinu Beach fire in South Taranaki.

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Parikino fire update #5

16 December 2025 | Emergency Information

Firefighting efforts will continue today at a vegetation fire in Lismore Forest near Parikino, Fire and Emergency New Zealand says.