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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Kaikoura, Hawke's Bay fire updates, prepare for Thursday's weather

News and media|22 October 2025

Kaikoura fires Eleven crews, including heavy machinery and dangerous tree fellers, are working across a large area of Kaikoura Flats to continue active firefighting and strengthen containment lines around each of the Kaikoura fires before the wind is due to pick up this afternoon.

Otago and Southland vegetation fire updates

News and media|27 November 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have been responding to a number of vegetation fires across Otago and Southland this afternoon and into the evening.

Update - Parnell fire

News and media|7 April 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have contained the fire at a residential building in Parnell, Auckland.

Take these simple steps to keep your household safe from fire this winter

News and media|26 May 2026

Every winter, as temperatures drop, Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews are called to an increased number of house fires.

Fire and Emergency urges firefighters to call off their strike on Friday

News and media|20 November 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is urging the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) to call off its scheduled one-hour strike at midday this Friday 21 November.

New East Coast Bays Fire Station officially opened

News and media|12 June 2021

Internal Affairs Minister Jan Tinetti has today officially opened East Coast Bays’ new fire station on the North Shore.

Cooking

Found in: Home fire safety | Home fire hazards

Did you know that one in four house fires start in the kitchen? Here are some simple things you can do to reduce the risk of a fire starting in the kitchen.

Auckland Hillside Road recycling plant fire update #2

News and media|24 April 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have contained a large fire in an Auckland recycling plant to the building.