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 is keeping communities safe

News and media|29 November 2021

Fire and Emergency is, and always will be, committed to keeping our communities safe

Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Internal Affairs published today

News and media|5 March 2024

Fire and Emergency’s Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Internal Affairs – our BIM – has been published today on our website.

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.

Heads Up 005 - Fire in Stairway of Multi Story Apartment Block
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This incident was in an up market apartment building, with eleven residential levels and four basement car park levels

Rural Hawkes Bay moves to restricted fire season from Monday

News and media|12 October 2020

Rural Hawkes Bay will move to a restricted fire season on Monday 12 October.

Cyclone page demo

News and media|13 February 2023

This page will be updated with information about your safety in Cyclone Gabrielle as the situation develops.

Arson in commercial, retail and manufacturing

Found in: Building fire safety

Every year we attend hundreds of deliberately lit skip and bin fires that have spread to properties and businesses, causing significant loss and putting people’s lives at risk.

Extreme caution needed in many districts as fire risk spikes over coming days

News and media|8 January 2026

After a wet holiday period for many of us, summer has finally returned to Aotearoa New Zealand.