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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Fire and Emergency and FECA reach agreement strengthening leadership and community outcomes

12 Poutūterangi 2026 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency FECA agreement strengthening leadership and community outcomes reached

Prohibited Fire Season in Otago’s Lakes Zone from Thursday

11 Poutūterangi 2026 | Fire Season Updates

A total fire ban will take effect in the Otago Lakes Zone tomorrow morning (Thursday 12 March).

Fire and Emergency received calls for 18 incidents during today’s NZPFU strike

9 Poutūterangi 2026 | Announcements

18 incidents during today's NZPFU strike

Fire and Emergency received calls for 17 incidents during today's NZPFU strike

6 Poutūterangi 2026 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency received calls for 17 incidents during today's strike.

Fire permits suspended ahead of hot weekend in part of Otago

5 Poutūterangi 2026 | Announcements

Hot and windy weather has raised the fire risk in the Queenstown Lakes District to extreme, prompting Fire and Emergency New Zealand to suspend all fire permits

Change of fire season for areas within the Nelson Tasman region

4 Poutūterangi 2026 | Fire Season Updates

A change of fire season for areas within the Nelson Tasman region will take effect from 8am on Wednesday 4 March, until further notice.

Fire and Emergency received calls for 10 incidents during today's NZPFU strike

2 Poutūterangi 2026 | Announcements

Calls to 10 incidents during today's strike.

Fire and Emergency received calls for 17 incidents during today's NZPFU strike

27 Huitanguru 2026 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency received calls for 17 incidents today, the fourteenth time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.