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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Information and Practice Days

Found in: Work or Volunteer with us | Become a Career Firefighter

Fire engineering brief

Found in: Building fire safety | Building and designing for fire safety

When a building is sufficiently complex to preclude using prescriptive guidance as a means of establishing compliance, a specifically-engineered solution is required (referred to as either alternative solution, or performance based engineering).

Designing for fire safety

Found in: Building fire safety | Building and designing for fire safety

The purpose of fire safety design in a building is to allow people to escape the building before being overcome by the effects of fire.

OIA 11073 - Appliance codes
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Official Information Act request - OIA 11073 response

Central Hawke’s Bay first responders join up to train

News and media|1 April 2025

Central Hawke’s Bay emergency services are running a joint training exercise in Waipawa on Tuesday evening 1 April to practice their response to emergencies.

Re-engage a career as a Firefighter

Found in: Work or Volunteer with us | Become a Career Firefighter

If you have worked as a Career Firefighter and wish to re-engage back into the job please fill in this short form and we will be in touch with you.

It’s Escape Week - are you prepared to escape in a house fire?

News and media|10 February 2020

This week (9 - 15 February) marks the start of Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s first ‘Escape Week’.

Emergency Caller Location Information

Found in: Contact us

When you dial 111 from a mobile phone, data that helps determine the location of your handset is automatically sent to the Emergency Caller Location Information system (ECLI).