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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Collective Employment Agreements

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Collective employment agreements (CEAs) are written employment agreements that apply to all members of a union where these people are employed in positions covered by the CEA.

Recognising employers

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When we call, New Zealand businesses answerEvery working day, hundreds of businesses and organisations across New Zealand support our brigades by allowing their employees to respond to incidents.

Titirangi Station

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We are one of the few Yellow Watch stations so we only have Paid staff Monday to Friday 7am to 5.30pm and Volunteers cover nights, weekends and Public hoildays.

Care must be taken when using electric blankets this winter

News and media|12 April 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is urging caution when using electric blankets this winter, following release of a Coroner’s Findings into a fatal fire in Northland, Wellington.

Temuka Volunteer Fire Brigade celebrates 150 years serving Mid-South Canterbury

News and media|11 October 2024

Temuka Volunteer Fire Brigade is celebrating one-and-a-half centuries of serving its community at an event taking place at the fire station this month.

Investigation into Pigeon Valley Fire classifies it as accidental

News and media|13 August 2019

An investigation into one of New Zealand’s largest plantation forest fires has classified the fire as accidental.

Prohibited fire season for Gisborne/Tairawhiti

News and media|26 January 2021

Gisborne/Tairawhiti is now in a prohibited fire season as of 8am Tuesday 26 January 2021.

Be prepared - tips get your home fire safe for summer

News and media|23 November 2020

As summer approaches, Fire and Emergency wants people living with a risk of wildfire to act now and protect their homes from the wildfire hazard. This includes people living in rural communities, on lifestyle blocks and near town boundaries or large areas of scrub and bush.