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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Whangārei vegetation fire update #3

News and media|10 January 2025

The two homes that evacuated yesterday have now returned home.

Hawke's Bay LAC

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Hawke’s Bay Local Advisory Committee - mihi mai rā.

22 new career firefighters join the Fire and Emergency New Zealand team

News and media|19 June 2025

Twenty-two firefighters swapped their green trainee helmets for their yellow operational helmets at their graduation yesterday in Rotorua.

Fire and Emergency declares a restricted fire season for Otago's Alpine Zone

News and media|27 January 2023

Otago’s Alpine Zone is now in a restricted fire season, as of 8am this morning (27 January 2023) until further notice.

This includes the upper reaches of Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea, Makarora, Matukituki Valley, and Glenorchy, through to Rat Point.

I’ve never let my disabilities define my abilities’

News and media|29 November 2022

James Marks is a volunteer firefighter with the Waikuku Beach Volunteer Fire Brigade.

IGNITE Magazine: Issue 29

News and media|22 November 2023

Ignite represents the voices of the people across the country who dedicate themselves to protecting life, the environment and property in their communities.

Fire and Emergency honours recipients congratulated

News and media|31 December 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand Board Chair Rebecca Keoghan has congratulated five firefighters from Prebbleton, Papamoa, Ōtāne, Whangārei and Mataura who have been recognised in the 2025 New Year’s Honours List released today.

Older people are more likely to die in a house fire this winter – check they are fire safe today

News and media|12 June 2025

More than half of the fatalities in house fires in the last five years were people over 60, Fire and Emergency New Zealand says.