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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Hawke’s Bay fireworks ban extended until end of April

News and media|28 March 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is extending its ban on fireworks and sky lanterns in Hawke’s Bay until Wednesday 30 April, 2025.

Fireworks ban for the Far North

News and media|1 November 2022

A temporary ban on the private use of fireworks has been put in place for the Karikari Pensiula, Ahipara township and surrounding areas.

Fireworks ban at Northland’s Ahipara, Karikari Peninsula and Ripiro Beach

News and media|1 December 2023

Fireworks are banned in the Ahipara township and surrounds, on the Karikari Peninsula, and at Ripiro Beach from Friday 1 December, until further notice.

The threat of rural fire

Found in: Outdoor and rural fire safety | Protect your home from outdoor fires

Protect your home with Wildfire Safer Housing Guide | Urban–Rural Interface | Community responsibility to the threat of rural fire

Tasman Fire Investigation Reports Part 5
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Information Request (OIA) Atawhai /Walters Bluff Fire Investigation Report part 1

Temporary fireworks ban in the Mackenzie Basin over summer

News and media|15 December 2022

A temporary fireworks ban covering the Mackenzie Basin will come into effect on Friday 16 December as part of ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of wildfire over the summer.

Extreme fire danger in Otago over Easter

News and media|1 April 2021

There is extreme or very high fire danger in Otago over Easter. Fire permits are suspended across Otago & open air fires are temporarily prohibited in the Otago Central Zone.

Fire restrictions for Mackenzie Basin

News and media|14 December 2023

Fire restrictions are being put in place for the Mackenzie Basin as part of ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of wildfire over the summer.