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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Give the gift of fire safety this Christmas

News and media|19 December 2024

Politics, life plans, the economy - all Christmas lunch conversation starters where the danger needle sits firmly in the extreme segment.

Canterbury firefighters attend three times as many structure fires in October

News and media|22 November 2022

Last month, firefighters in Canterbury attended three times as many structure fires as they have in previous months.

Bravo strike team arrives home from Queensland fires

News and media|29 November 2023

Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Bravo strike team has arrived home after assisting with the response to wildfires burning across Queensland.

Seven-person specialist team to assist in Canadian wildfires

News and media|8 July 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is deploying a seven-person specialist team to Manitoba, Canada to support the province’s wildfire response.

2024 Port Hills Fire Investigation Report and Operational Review

Found in: Research and reports | Operational reviews and reports

Just after 2pm on 14 February 2024 Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted to a vegetation fire near Worsleys Road on the Christchurch Port Hills.

Fire and Emergency honours’ recipients congratulated

News and media|1 June 2020

Fire and Emergency New Zealand Chief Executive, Rhys Jones has congratulated five firefighters and support personnel from Cromwell, Kaikoura, Ranfurly, Blackball (West Coast) and Taneatua (Bay of Plenty) who were named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list released today.

Canterbury update: 1.30pm

News and media|26 January 2021

All of Canterbury and much of the upper South Island have suspended all fire permits, with immediate effect.

Pause and Plan before Burning Storm Debris

News and media|30 October 2025

As the clean-up from last week’s storm continues, Fire and Emergency is asking farmers and lifestyle block owners in Otago and Southland to pause and plan before starting to burn debris.