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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Restricted fire season and fireworks ban for the Coromandel this holiday period

News and media|20 December 2022

A restricted fire season and fireworks ban has been declared for the Coromandel from 9am today (20 December) until 1 February 2023.

Assessing Firefighting Water Supplies #175 [2020]
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The aim of this research is to develop a framework for estimating the energy release rate from developing building fires.

Owner responsibilities

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

Building owners in New Zealand are obligated to take a number of fire safety precautions. Here are some guidelines for meeting those obligations.

Maintain your scheme (trial evacuations and training programmes)

Found in: Building fire safety | Evacuation Schemes and procedures

Fire permits in Nelson/Tasman suspended during hot weather

News and media|26 January 2021

All active fire permits in the Nelson Tasman district with the exception of Nelson Lakes, Murchison, and Golden Bay West have been placed on a 48 hour suspension, effective immediately says Principal Rural Fire Officer Ian Reade.

New Zealand International Convention Centre (NZICC) Action Plan

Found in: Research and reports | Operational reviews and reports

Fire and Emergency New Zealand developed the NZICC Action Plan to address the recommendations of the AFAC Independent Operational Review.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand accepts all findings from the Public Service Commission’s review into our handling of a series of inter-related complaints

News and media|28 May 2025

This report reviews the handling of a series of inter-related complaints made since 2016 by Sarah Hullah who was a volunteer to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and its predecessor organisation, the New Zealand Fire Service.

Four new members for Hawke’s Bay Local Advisory Committee

News and media|26 August 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has welcomed four new members to the well operating Local Advisory Committee in Hawke’s Bay.