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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Black Jack fire update #8

News and media|14 January 2025

Firefighters will target two areas on the Black Jack fireground today where multiple hotspots were identified by Fire and Emergency NZ's specialist drone crew overnight.

Balmoral Fire Update # 2

News and media|7 September 2024

The large vegetation fire at Tokarahi in Waitaki is now contained.

Canterbury fires update #8 - Swannanoa

News and media|20 January 2024

Firefighting will continue until dark at the Swannanoa vegetation fire, which is burning over an estimated 12 hectares in and around the Waimakariri riverbed near Christchurch.

Wellington building fire update #2

News and media|16 May 2023

information about the fire at 160 Adelaide road Newtown

Understanding Wildfire Carbon Emissions and Lessons for the Fire and Emergency Agency Literature Review - report #213 [2023]
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This literature review examines relationship between wildfires and carbon emissions and management strategies employed by fire and emergency agencies

Understanding Non-Fatal Fire Related Injuries in New Zealand: 2013 - 2017 - report #184 (2019)
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The research aims to identify the highest risk groups of non-fatal fire-related injury (NFFRI), and investigate the common causes and circumstances.

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).

Environmental assessment of existing firefighting foams in use of New Zealand Fire Service - Report #161 (2017)
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