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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Understanding the NZFS Contribution to non fire outcomes - Repot #102 (2010)
PDF

The research aim is to develop a conceptual framework for evaluating the value and impact of the Fire Service’s contribution to its non-fire outcomes.

Transmission Gully fuel leak 8.30am update

News and media|4 April 2023

Fire crews have set up a dam and isolated the fuel leaking from a tanker involved in this morning’s crash on Transmission Gully.

Example Fire Action Notice
PDF

Go to https://onlineservices.fire.org.nz/ for template

Papakura fire contained but smoke alert remains in force

News and media|5 March 2025

Firefighters have contained a large fire burning at a metal recycling premises in Papakura, but the fire is expected to take several hours to fully extinguish.

Shelley Bay Structure Fire Update

News and media|7 June 2023

Fire and Emergency is asking residents in the immediate area around and above Shelley Bay in Wellington to keep their windows and doors closed as a precaution due to a risk of asbestos in the air.

Te Rapa fire extinguished, stay inside warning lifted

News and media|13 December 2023

The large fire in Te Rapa, Hamilton, has been extinguished, with the stay inside warning for residents of Rototuna and Chartwell now lifted.

Wellington diesel spill final update

News and media|6 January 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have left the scene of a large diesel spill in Wellington.

Lithium-ion Battery Safety

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