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 NZ sends taskforce team to support severe weather event response in Tairāwhiti.

News and media|23 June 2023

Fire and Emergency NZ has mobilised a taskforce team to assist and support Tairāwhiti District during the current severe weather event.

Bay of Plenty moves to open fire season

News and media|29 January 2026

The Bay of Plenty will move to an open fire season from 9am Friday 30 January, until further notice.

Welcome Bay and Mount Maunganui landslide updates

News and media|22 January 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s specialist Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team, alongside Police, is continuing the search for persons unaccounted for at the Mount Maunganui and Welcome Bay landslips.

Fernhill Fire Hawke’s Bay Update #1

News and media|23 December 2025

Residents living around the Farmhouse Lodge on the outskirts of Fernhill are being evacuated due to a vegetation fire.

Fernhill Fire Hawke’s Bay Update #4

News and media|24 December 2025

The grass fire at Fernhill in Hawke’s Bay which also burnt several buildings is now fully contained and 95 per cent extinguished.

Fernhill Fire Hawkes Bay Update #2

News and media|23 December 2025

Firefighters are close to containing a vegetation fire at Fernhill in Hawkes Bay, but the fire is not yet under control.

High winds a fire danger in Hawke’s Bay

News and media|18 September 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is warning Hawke’s Bay people to avoid lighting any fires during the current windy weather.

Bay of Plenty moves into restricted fire season

News and media|2 December 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand will restrict outdoor fires in the Bay of Plenty from 8am on Wednesday 4 December, after a sharp increase in the number of fast-moving vegetation fires in the district.