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 welcomes 21 new career firefighters

News and media|1 April 2022

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

Pegasus Beach Fire Update #9

News and media|4 November 2022

The fire at Pegasus Beach remained within containment lines overnight.
Incident Controller Graeme Knight says there were no major flare-ups through the evening.
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Transmission Gully fuel leak 8.30am update

News and media|4 April 2023

Fire crews have set up a dam and isolated the fuel leaking from a tanker involved in this morning’s crash on Transmission Gully.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand declares a prohibited fire season for Otago’s Upper Waitaki zone

News and media|20 January 2023

Otago’s Upper Waitaki zone will move to a Prohibited Fire Season at 8am on Friday 20 January 2023, until further notice.

Strike period incident details - NZPFU again declines request to agree community safety process

News and media|16 January 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 11 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Friday 16 January, the nineth time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.

Smoke alarms are life savers

News and media|21 September 2020

Smoke alarms saved lives this weekend - alerting residents to a kitchen fire in the Hawke’s Bay.

Good planning and communication behind airlift rescue

News and media|24 March 2022

A well-executed helicopter rescue typified what was a successful deployment to the West Coast floods for Fire and Emergency’s Southern Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team earlier this month.

Family and whānau

Found in: Work or Volunteer with us | Volunteer for us

If you’re part of a volunteer’s family and whānau, it’s helpful to know a bit more about what they do and how you can support them.