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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Levy payments and forms prior to July 1 2026

Found in: The Fire and Emergency levy | Levy contracts prior to July 1 2026

A guide to paying the Fire and Emergency levy, including links to relevant forms and tips on avoiding common errors.

Parts of Canterbury move to a restricted fire season

News and media|14 March 2024

The Canterbury plains and coastal fire zones will move from a prohibited to a restricted fire season from 0800 hours on Friday 15 March, until further notice.

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

News and media|20 May 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for nine incidents between 4.30pm and 5.30pm today, Wednesday 20 May, the thirty-third time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.

Tasman Fire Investigation Reports - Part 6
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Information Request (OIA) Atawhai /Walters Bluff Fire Investigation Report part 2

NZFS Annual Report 2017
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For the year ended 30 June 2017

CE Expenses: 1 July 2015 - 31 December 2015
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New Zealand Fire Service (NZFS)

Outdoor Fire Safety with Cully

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Change in fire season for much of Canterbury

News and media|29 April 2020

Christchurch City, Banks Peninsula, Selwyn and North Canterbury will move to open fire season status from midnight Saturday (2 May).