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.

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Owners of older top loader Samsung washing machines urged to check serial numbers after fire

News and media|13 October 2023

Owners of four top loader Samsung washing machines manufactured more than a decade ago are being encouraged to double-check their serial number after a fire at a home in Auckland.

Extreme fire danger in Northland

News and media|3 March 2020

With over 100 avoidable fires already in Northland this fire season Fire and Emergency is urging people to pay attention the total fire ban.

Tongariro National Park Fire Update #6

News and media|9 November 2025

Precautionary evacuations of five facilities in the vicinity of the Tongariro fire are almost complete.

Fire and Emergency received calls for 16 incidents during today’s strike

News and media|30 March 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 16 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Monday 30 March, the twenty-second time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.

Don't complain about fireworks on Facebook - call 111

News and media|19 January 2023

People in the Mackenzie Basin who are concerned about backyard fireworks should call 111 straight away rather than posting about it on Facebook afterwards.

The New Zealand Fire Awareness and Intervention Programme: Reach, Uptake and Barriers to Engagement [2021] - Report #180
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The purpose of this research is to evaluate the reach of the Fire Awareness Intervention Programme (FAIP).

NZPFU members will strike today - be extra careful

News and media|2 January 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is urging people and businesses in cities and towns to remain extra careful when members of the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) undertake a one-hour strike today.

NZPFU members will strike today - be extra careful

News and media|26 December 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is urging people and businesses in cities and towns to remain extra careful when members of the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) undertake a one-hour strike today.