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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Fire and Emergency New Zealand sends a team to assist with Vanuatu earthquake

News and media|18 December 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is sending 34 Urban Search and Rescue personnel, alongside one Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) liaison, to Vanuatu today to help with the devastation caused by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake yesterday afternoon.

Bravo strike team arrives home from Queensland fires

News and media|29 November 2023

Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Bravo strike team has arrived home after assisting with the response to wildfires burning across Queensland.

Warning for people living in light industrial areas and converted buildings

News and media|29 May 2019

People living in light industrial areas and converted commercial buildings are being urged to make sure they have escape plans following the death of a 56-year-old man in a flat attached to a commercial building in Pukekohe last week.

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Fire restrictions for Mackenzie Basin

News and media|14 December 2023

Fire restrictions are being put in place for the Mackenzie Basin as part of ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of wildfire over the summer.

New members for Fire and Emergency advisory committees in Chatham Islands

News and media|18 November 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is pleased to announce two new appointments to its local advisory committee in the Chatham Islands.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand seeks more volunteers for North Canterbury

News and media|9 May 2024

North Canterbury volunteer fire brigades had a flat-out summer putting out a number of wildfires across the region.

Fire stations opened in Mid-South Canterbury

News and media|26 February 2023

Fire and Emergency National Commander Russell Wood officially opened two new fire stations in Mid-South Canterbury on Saturday.

Rangitātā Gorge Volunteer Fire Brigade. Peel Forest Volunteer Fire Brigade.