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 engineering brief

Found in: Building fire safety | Building and designing for fire safety

When a building is sufficiently complex to preclude using prescriptive guidance as a means of establishing compliance, a specifically-engineered solution is required (referred to as either alternative solution, or performance based engineering).

The Fire and Emergency levy

Found in: About Us

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is mainly funded by a levy on contracts of insurance where property is insured against the risk of fire.

Waipoua River Fire

News and media|26 February 2025

This afternoon Fire and Emergency was alerted to a vegetation fire at Waipoua River in the Kaipara region of Northland.

Home fire safety

Information on keeping your home fire safe, checklists for reviewing fire safety, tips for creating an escape plan and information on smoke alarms.

Rural fire insurance

Found in: Outdoor and rural fire safety | Farms and rural businesses

Everyone who works, lives on or uses rural land should think about insurance. Here's a basic guide to the two types of rural fire insurance available.

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

Building fire alarms

Found in: Building fire safety

Information about automatic fire alarm connections, preventing false alarms and false alarm fines.

Fire and Emergency’s top tips for staying fire safe this winter

News and media|29 April 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has some simple steps to keep people safe from fire as the temperature drops.