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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Port Hills fire update #25

News and media|22 February 2024

Firefighters will be working to extinguish 20 hotspots at the Port Hills fireground on Thursday.

Waipoua River fire update #3

News and media|27 February 2025

The fire at Waipoua River remains uncontained, although crews have made good progress on Thursday.

Fire and Emergency responds to tornado in Paraparaumu

News and media|11 April 2023

Fire and Emergency is responding to calls for assistance following a tornado in Paraparaumu this morning.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand accepts all findings from the Public Service Commission’s review into our handling of a series of inter-related complaints

News and media|28 May 2025

This report reviews the handling of a series of inter-related complaints made since 2016 by Sarah Hullah who was a volunteer to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and its predecessor organisation, the New Zealand Fire Service.

Scenario Tool for Allocating Resources - report #143 [2015]
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Readiness and recovery formative evaluation - report #195 [2023]
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Fire and Emergency wanted to understand what work needed to be done in the recovery and relief space to meet its intended outcomes.

Preventing Arson by Adult Offenders - report #197 [2022]
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Fire and Emergency have sought to initiate a programme of work to investigate the feasibility and value of a strategy for preventing arson by adults.

FENZ Surge Project Evaluation - report #211 [2023]
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Fire and Emergency utilised a targeted campaign, the Surge Project, in 2022, to assist with volunteer attraction (VA) at a localised level.