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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Black Jack Road vegetation fire update #2

News and media|12 January 2025

Fire and Emergency will continue work on the Black Jack Road fire today with three helicopters and four ground crews.

Te Puna Snodgrass vegetation fire update #3

News and media|20 November 2024

The vegetation fire in the area of Snodgrass Road near Te Puna, Bay of Plenty, remains contained and is now transitioning to the mop up phase.

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

News and media|9 March 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 18 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Monday 9 March, the seventeenth time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.

Large industrial rubbish fire in Onehunga

News and media|7 February 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews are currently responding to a large industrial rubbish fire in Onehunga.

Positive Workplace Culture Report - Six Monthly Progress Report April-October 2019
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A number of key changes have been made to create a more respectful, inclusive and positive workplace at Fire and Emergency.

Encouraging fire safety ownership effective methods for working with at risk rural communities - Report #113 (2011)
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This Southland-based research was designed to improve fire safety outcomes for rural
communities with a particular vulnerability to fire.

Vegetation fire along Bay of Plenty train track now contained

News and media|30 January 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received multiple calls to a large vegetation fire burning along the railway line by Wainui South Road, Whakamarama in Western Bay of Plenty at 12.40 today.

Lewis Pass Road fire update

News and media|15 February 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is battling a large vegetation fire on Lewis Pass Road this afternoon.