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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Update: NZPFU calls off its strike today

26 Hakihea 2025 | Announcements

National Commander says it is a positive development that the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union has called off its one-hour strike for today.

NZPFU members will strike today - be extra careful

26 Hakihea 2025 | Announcements

Be extra careful NZPFU strike again today

Fernhill Fire Hawke’s Bay Update #4

24 Hakihea 2025 | Emergency Information

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

Fernhill Fire Hawkes Bay Update #3

23 Hakihea 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 Hakihea 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 Hakihea 2025 | Emergency Information

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

Northernmost part of Aotearoa moving to a Prohibited Fire Season

23 Hakihea 2025 | Announcements

Outdoor fires will be banned in the northernmost part of Northland from midday today

Restricted Fire Season and temporary fireworks ban for parts of Otago

23 Hakihea 2025 | Announcements

A temporary fireworks ban starts tomorrow for Queenstown Lakes, Central Otago and the Upper Waitaki. Queenstown Lakes also moves to a Restricted Fire Season.