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 honours recipients congratulated

News and media|30 December 2023

Fire and Emergency New Zealand Board Chair Rebecca Keoghan has congratulated five firefighters and support personnel from Southbridge, Waitati, Tolaga Bay, Ngātīmoti, and Runanga who have been recognised with Queen’s Service Medals in the 2024 New Year Honours List released today.

LAC News and Updates

Found in: About Us | Local Advisory Committees

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.

What are Local Advisory Committees?

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East Coast Bays Station

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Governors Bay Fire Brigade

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What to do after a fire

Found in: Home fire safety | In the event of a fire

Being involved in a serious fire can be scary and life changing. Here are some people you can turn to for help, and some tips for picking up the pieces.

Residents asked to avoid burning fires at beaches this summer

News and media|23 January 2024

Hawke’s Bay residents are being urged not to burn fires in the open, especially at beaches this summer.