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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Northland and Auckland Severe Weather Event Update #1

News and media|9 May 2023

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is currently responding to multiple weather related incidents due to the severe weather across the upper North Island.

Outdoor fires restricted in parts of Otago, fireworks ban for Lakes

News and media|19 December 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has banned fireworks in the Queenstown Lakes area, and restricted open-air fires in the Strath Taieri, Coastal Waitaki and Lakes areas from 8am on Friday 20 December until further notice.

Cook safely with hāngī, umu, and lovo this Christmas

News and media|22 December 2020

Fire and Emergency New Zealand wants people to safely use cultural cooking methods over the summer.

Fire and Emergency NZ releases Independent Review of Tasman Fires

News and media|30 October 2019

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has today released the Australasian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council (AFAC) Independent Operational Review of its management of last summer’s Tasman fires.

Fire and Emergency urges New Zealanders to prepare for elevated wildfire risk this summer

News and media|31 August 2026

As we enter spring, forecasts from Earth Sciences New Zealand and Fire and Emergency New Zealand indicate El Niño conditions are likely to develop and strengthen over the coming months, with some guidance suggesting the event could become one of the stronger El Niño events on record.

Keep a metre from the heater

News and media|14 July 2020

A Gisborne house fire has prompted a reminder from Fire and Emergency to keep flammable materials at least one metre from your heater.

Bay of Plenty LAC

Found in: About Us | Local Advisory Committees

Bay of Plenty Local Advisory Committee - mihi mai rā.

Tasman Fires Operational Review and Action Plan

Found in: Research and reports | Operational reviews and reports

Fire and Emergency New Zealand developed the Tasman Fires Action Plan in response to the lessons and opportunities identified in the independent report into the Tasman fires.