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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Extreme weather events: safety tips and support

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Safety tips during and after an extreme weather event like a cyclone, high winds or flood.

Older people are more likely to die in a house fire this winter – check they are fire safe today

News and media|12 June 2025

More than half of the fatalities in house fires in the last five years were people over 60, Fire and Emergency New Zealand says.

Protect your home from outdoor fires

Found in: Outdoor and rural fire safety

Other people’s fires can threaten your home. There's a lot you can do as a homeowner to protect your property from fires that have grown out of control.

Prohibited fire season in Thames-Coromandel

News and media|20 December 2021

Thames-Coromandel is now in a prohibited fire season.

Te Puna Vegetation Fire

News and media|20 November 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is responding to a vegetation fire in the area of Snodgrass Road near Te Puna, Bay of Plenty.

Fire and Emergency received calls for 10 incidents during today's NZPFU strike

News and media|2 March 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 10 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Monday, 2 March, the fifteenth time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.

Lewis Pass Road fire update

News and media|15 February 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is battling a large vegetation fire on Lewis Pass Road this afternoon.

Northland house fire proves why smoke alarms should be checked this daylight saving

News and media|21 September 2022

Fire and Emergency encourages New Zealanders to check their smoke alarms this weekend when clocks turn forward an hour for daylight saving. Working smoke alarms will protect you, your whānau, and your home. Just like they did for Northland local, Hinerakei Allen.