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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Kitchen fire prompts reminder to never leave cooking unattended

News and media|16 October 2020

A Tawa resident had a close call last night (Thursday 15 October) when their house filled with smoke after a pot caught fire when it was left unattended on the stove.

Maraekakaho plans ahead

News and media|10 May 2024

In 2023, Cyclone Gabrielle brought on widespread flooding throughout the Hawke’s Bay, impacting thousands of people across the region.

Food without fire; Fire and Emergency NZ releases recipes for Kiwis under the influence

News and media|2 December 2022

Fire and Emergency’s new campaign, You’re Cooked, aims to help Aotearoa’s under the influence chefs make late-night food, without causing a fire or hurting themselves.

Prohibited Fire Season in Otago’s Lakes Zone from Thursday

News and media|11 March 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has declared a Prohibited Fire Season for its Lakes Zone, taking effect tomorrow (Thursday 12 March) at 8am.

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.

Smoke alarms are life savers

News and media|21 September 2020

Smoke alarms saved lives this weekend - alerting residents to a kitchen fire in the Hawke’s Bay.

Fire safety in schools, kura, ECE centres and kohanga reo - Report #163 (2018)
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Evaluation report on fire safety programmes in schools and kura and early childhood education (ECE) centres and kohanga reo

Improving safety at controlled burns through land manager knowledge and practices Report #164 [2018]
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Aim of research was to better equip our knowledge to produce safe burning practice guidelines and training for the use of fire by land managers.