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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Port Hills fire update #3

News and media|14 February 2024

Further evacuations are taking place due to the Port Hills fire near Christchurch.

Fire restrictions in Bay of Plenty to ease

News and media|11 April 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is lifting fire restrictions in the Bay of Plenty from 6am on Saturday 12 April.

Canterbury Fires Update #10

News and media|21 January 2024

Firefighters have put out two large grass fires in Canterbury and are in the last stages of mopping up a third.

Wildfire risk reduction programme in Lake Tekapo

News and media|2 September 2022

Fire and Emergency teams will be taking to the streets in Lake Tekapo next week to start encouraging residents to start taking action around their homes to reduce their exposure to wildfire.

SkyCity convention centre fire: Fire & Emergency New Zealand commissions an independent review

News and media|21 November 2019

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has commissioned an independent review of its management of the 2019 SkyCity convention centre fire.

Heads Up 028 - Fire spread from garden shed
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A fire occurred in a shed on a residential property.

Smoke Advisory for fire near Kerikeri

News and media|14 February 2024

Fire and Emergency crews are responding to a building fire at a tyre centre on State Highway 10 near Kerikeri in Northland.

Change of fire seasons for the Wairarapa and Tararua District

News and media|9 February 2021

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has moved the Wairarapa into a prohibited fire season effective from 8am today (Tuesday 9 February 2021).