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

Search results for evacuation reports

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New World Victoria Park fire update #6

News and media|18 June 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has handed back the Victoria Park New World to the building’s owners, following yesterday’s fire.

Lake Ōhau Wildfire Investigation Report and Operational Review

Found in: Research and reports | Operational reviews and reports

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received the first 111 call for the Lake Ōhau fire around 3am on 4 October 2020.

Multiple vegetations across South Island, residents evacuated

News and media|1 June 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is urging South Islanders not to burn outdoor fires in the high winds today.

Pigeon Valley Fire: A Questionnaire study about the evacuation process - report #183 (2021)
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The research aims to investigate how people affected by the fire perceived the wildfire threat and responded to it.

Fire and Emergency received calls for 11 incidents during today’s strike

News and media|13 February 2026

Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 11 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Friday 13 February, the eleventh time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.

Multiple vegetation fires across the South Island, residents evacuated

News and media|1 June 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews are fighting multiple vegetation fires across the South Island, at Hurunui, Waipara, Springfield, Selwyn, the McKenzie Country and Shannon near Dunedin.

Moutere Highway Fire Update 3 - 20:22 hours 27/02/19

News and media|27 February 2019

Residents evacuated in Moutere Hill Fire can returnFire and Emergency has determined that it is safe for the majority of residents evacuated this afternoon following the fire in Upper Moutere to return home.

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.