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 danger still high in Nelson/Tasman

News and media|5 March 2020

Despite recent rainfall, fire danger levels throughout most of Nelson and Tasman remain high says Principal Rural Fire Officer Ian Reade.

Fire and Emergency received calls for 15 incidents during today’s strike

News and media|26 August 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 15 incidents between 12 pm and 1pm today, Wednesday 26 August, the fifty-seventh time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.

Fire and Emergency received calls for 12 incidents during today’s strike

News and media|24 July 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 12 incidents between 12 pm and 1pm today, Friday 24 July, the forty-eighth time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.

Balmoral Fire Update # 2

News and media|7 September 2024

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

Change in fire seasons for Auckland

News and media|29 November 2019

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is updating the fire seasons for Auckland.

Learning the lessons of wildfires past: Port Hills

News and media|18 March 2025

In 2017, a wildfire tore through Christchurch’s Port Hills, burning through approximately 1,600 of land, claiming nine homes and damaging five others.

New Zealand firefighters assisting in New South Wales

News and media|21 November 2019

Twenty-six New Zealand firefighters are departing for Australia on Thursday (Thursday 21 November) to help fight the wild fires burning in New South Wales since the start of September.

Major deployment of firefighters heading to the US this week

News and media|10 August 2026

A large contingent of firefighters will leave for the United States of America tomorrow (Tuesday) to support the response to wildfires in the north-west of the country.