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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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.

New Year Honours recipients recognised

News and media|22 May 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand personnel from across New Zealand have been presented with New Year Royal Honours by the Governor-General, the Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House in Wellington.

Fire and Emergency welcomes 21 new career firefighters

News and media|1 April 2022

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

Privacy statement

Found in: About this website

Introduction This statement sets out how Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fire and Emergency, ‘we’, ‘our’) manages personal information about the individuals we deal with, including members of the public (‘you’).

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.

Māui-tinei-ahi

Found in: Teachers and Schools

Māui-tinei-ahi is a fire-safety programme for year 1 and 2 students in Māori-medium classrooms. Information online is available in both English and Te reo Māori.

Get Firewise

Found in: Teachers and Schools

The Get Firewise programme that teaches primary age kids the knowledge and behaviour they need to stay fire safe and escape from a burning building.

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.