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.

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Emergency Alerts

25 April 2025 | STAY INSIDE notice

Recycling plant fire Hillside Road Wairau Valley update at 0915 25 April 2025

Hillside Road Wairau Valley Recycling Plant fire STAY INSIDE notice has been lifted.

All of Hawke’s Bay now in open fire season icon

All of Hawke’s Bay now in open fire season

28 Paengawhāwhā 2025 | Fire Season Updates

Fire and Emergency New Zealand will revoke the restricted fire season in all of Hawke’s Bay at 12pm (midday) on Monday 28 April.

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Auckland Hillside Road recycling plant fire update #4

25 Paengawhāwhā 2025 | Emergency Information

Fire crews are working to extinguish the Hillside Road Wairau Valley recycling plant fire

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Auckland Hillside Road recycling plant fire update #2

24 Paengawhāwhā 2025 | Emergency Information

Fire crews have contained a large recycling plant fire on Hillside Road Wairau Valley Auckland to the building

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Large fire at recycling plant in Wairau Valley Auckland

24 Paengawhāwhā 2025 | Emergency Information

Alert Level 5 fire at recycling plant in Auckland

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Auckland Hillside Road recycling plant fire update #3

24 Paengawhāwhā 2025 | Emergency Information

The Hillside Road recycling plant fire in Auckland's Wairau Valley is now controlled

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Marlborough eases outdoor fire restrictions

23 Paengawhāwhā 2025 | Fire Season Updates

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is changing the restrictions for outdoor fires throughout Marlborough at 8am on Thursday 24 April.

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Open fire season starts for Tāmaki Makaurau

22 Paengawhāwhā 2025 | Fire Season Updates

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is moving Auckland City, Waitematā and Counties-Manukau Districts back to an open fire season from 8am on Wednesday 23 April.

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Open fire season starts for Thames-Coromandel, Waikato Northern

18 Paengawhāwhā 2025 | Fire Season Updates

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is moving the Waikato Northern and Thames-Coromandel Districts back to an open fire season