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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Fireworks ban for the Karikari Peninsula

21 Hakihea 2021 | Announcements

A temporary fireworks ban covering the Karikari Peninsula has been put in place as part of efforts to reduce the risk of wildfire over the summer.

Open fire ban to reduce risk at Rangitata Huts

21 Hakihea 2021 | Fire Season Updates

Open fires on the beach and foreshore at South Rangitata have been banned to reduce the risk of fire to the Rangitata Huts community.

Prohibited fire season in Thames-Coromandel

20 Hakihea 2021 | Fire Season Updates

Thames-Coromandel is now in a prohibited fire season.

West Coast – stay fire safe this summer

20 Hakihea 2021 | Announcements

Summer means warmer weather and a higher risk of wildfire.

Kaimaumau township in the Far North evacuated due to Waiharara Fire

19 Hakihea 2021 | Emergency Information

Residents of Kaimaumau township in the Far North are evacuating overnight as a scrub fire in Waiharara has spread faster than anticipated on Sunday.

Update on vegetation fire in Far North

19 Hakihea 2021 | Emergency Information

Fire and Emergency ground crews and helicopters have returned to a large vegetation fire which covers approximately 350 hectares of land in Waiharara, Far North

Temporary fireworks ban in the Mackenzie Basin over summer

14 Hakihea 2021 | Fire Season Updates

A temporary fireworks ban covering the Mackenzie Basin will come into effect on Wednesday 15 December.

Queen’s Birthday Honours recipients recognised

7 Hakihea 2021 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency New Zealand personnel from Matamata, Dannevirke, Kaiapoi, Rotorua and New Plymouth were presented with their Queen’s Birthday Honours today.