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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Fire and Emergency congratulates Royal Honours recipients

News and media|6 June 2022

Board Chair, Rebecca Keoghan, would like to congratulate all Fire and Emergency people announced in the Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours list.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand specialist teams in Nelson to support community

News and media|11 July 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has deployed an eight-person specialist water rescue team from Christchurch to Nelson in advance of more heavy rain warnings.

Mangakahia Fire Update #2

News and media|8 March 2025

Firefighters are continuing work to contain the vegetation fire burning at Mangakahia in Northland, which began yesterday afternoon.

Fire and Emergency King's Birthday honours recipients congratulated

News and media|5 June 2023

Fire and Emergency has recognised the five firefighters and support personnel who received Queen’s Service Medals today.

Total fire ban for more of Hawke’s Bay from Friday 19 December

News and media|19 December 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is enforcing a total fire ban on open-air fires in the Southern Hawkes Bay Coast and Porangahau zones of Hawke’s Bay.

Smoke alarm proves life saving

News and media|21 August 2019

A neighbour's swift actions may have saved a Palmerston North man’s life, says Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

Large vegetation fires in Canterbury last week caused by strong winds that fanned embers from burn piles

News and media|25 September 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is asking the public to be vigilant after embers from burn piles caused large vegetation fires last week.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews respond to multiple fires across Canterbury region

News and media|17 September 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews are battling eight vegetation fires across the Canterbury region.