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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One spark nearly costs Wendon farmer their home

News and media|1 January 2023

One spark from a ride-on lawnmower blade hitting a stone seems to have been all it took to start a fire that could have cost a farmer their home in Southland this afternoon, and Fire and Emergency is cautioning others to be very careful as the province gets drier.

Waikato LAC

Found in: About Us | Local Advisory Committees

Waikato Local Advisory Committee - mihi mai rā.

Fire and Emergency honours’ recipients congratulated

News and media|30 April 2019

Fire and Emergency New Zealand Chief Executive, Rhys Jones has congratulated volunteer firefighters from the Coromandel, Lyttelton, Waikato, Southland and the East Coast, who are today being presented with New Year Honours by Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy at Government House.

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.

Offenders sentenced for lighting the 2022 Awarua Wetlands wildfire during a total fire ban

News and media|23 January 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand acknowledges the sentences handed down today in the Invercargill District Court for offences under the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017.

Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade set to turn 150 years old

News and media|11 November 2024

Ashburton people are invited to a special event at Ashburton Fire Station on 23 November to celebrate 150 years of volunteer firefighters keeping their community safe.

Small forest management

Found in: Outdoor and rural fire safety | Farms and rural businesses

Owners/managers of forests are responsible for reducing the risk of fire that can threaten their investment.

Be fire safe this holiday period

News and media|22 December 2021

Fire and Emergency wants people to remember fire safety this festive season.