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

Search results for Incident reports

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Fire and Emergency received calls for 17 incidents during today's NZPFU strike

News and media|27 February 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 17 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Friday 27 February, the fourteenth time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.

Hawke’s Bay residents urged to take care in working around silt

News and media|22 February 2023

Residents of flood-impacted areas are being urged to not dig trenches through silt deposits.

North Island Weather Update 2 February #3

News and media|2 February 2023

For the 24 hours from 12.01am on Wednesday 1 February Fire and Emergency’s Communication Centres received 413 calls across the country.

Waikato wetland fire update #12

News and media|25 October 2024

Fire and Emergency drone crews identified 16 hotspots overnight, with crews now focused on dampening them down today.

Lewis Pass Road fire update #2

News and media|15 February 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is still responding to a large vegetation fire on Lewis Pass Road in the Island Hills, Hurunui.

Waitaki Fires Update #2

News and media|11 March 2024

Firefighters supported by helicopters are working to put out the two fires in the Waitaki District which began shortly after midnight.

Kirwee fire update #9

News and media|6 February 2024

Kirwee fire Fire and Emergency crews. Smoke.

Karaka gas leak resolved

News and media|26 March 2024

Residents in the vicinity of Hingaia Peninsula School in Karaka, Auckland, are once again free to open windows and doors, and go outside as a gas leak in the area has been shut down.