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 welcomes 21 new career firefighters

News and media|1 April 2022

Twenty-one new career firefighters have joined Fire and Emergency.

10 Year Plan 2020-2030 printable version
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From 1 July 2025, this document is replaced by Ta Mātou Ahunga Rautaki Our Strategic Direction 2025-2030.

Cyclone page demo

News and media|13 February 2023

This page will be updated with information about your safety in Cyclone Gabrielle as the situation develops.

Port Hills Operational Review and Action Plan

Found in: Research and reports | Operational reviews and reports

The Port Hills fires that began on February 13 2017 burnt through 1,600 hectares of land, claimed nine homes and damaged five others.

Kōrero with Mita Harris, Northland LAC

Found in: Local Advisory Committees | Northland LAC

Heads Up 002 - Auckland Rest Home
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During May 2006 a fire occurred in a Rest Home and Hospital complex in Auckland that could have led to a loss of lives.

Small forest management

Found in: Outdoor and rural fire safety | Farms and rural businesses

Owners/managers of forests are responsible for reducing the risk of fire that can threaten their investment.

Changing public behaviour: enhanced and improved communication of fire danger Report #156 (2017)
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This research explored the role of fire danger rating systems in communicating fire risk and how they relate to behaviour change.