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 Gabrielle Update #3

News and media|13 February 2023

Fire and Emergency is responding to an increasing number of calls for assistance with storm damage, but call numbers are still within the capacity of our communications centres to handle under normal business procedures.

Our communities and our workforce are changing

News and media|9 November 2023

By 2038, more than 50 percent of New Zealanders will be from non-European backgrounds and our communities will speak more than 200 languages.

Women’s Career Progression at Fire and Emergency New Zealand - report #188 (2021)
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This review provides a foundation for further research in understanding women’s experiences at Fire and Emergency.

Factors contributing to spontaneous combustion of slash at skid sites [2020] Report #182
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The research aims to investigate the factors contributing to spontaneous combustion of forestry skid sites.

Operational 10 day forecasts of Fire Weather Indices - Report #70 (2007)
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Impact on Life Safety of the Type 5 Fire Alarm - report # 40 (2003)
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Recruitment and retention of Women Volunteers within the Fire Service - Report # 36 (2003)
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Risk Factors and offending behaviours in young fire setters - report #137 (2013)
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The study draws upon longitudinal data on child firesetters who were referred to the New
Zealand Fire Service Fire Awareness & Intervention Programme.