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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North Waikato moves to an open fire season

News and media|19 March 2024

North Waikato will move from a restricted fire season to an open fire season from 9am on Tuesday 19 March, until further notice.

Statement from Fire and Emergency Chief Executive - Muriwai Search and Rescue

News and media|15 February 2023

On Monday night, two of our firefighters were trapped in a collapsed house after a landslide at Muriwai.

Tairāwhiti moves to an open fire season

News and media|7 January 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has revoked the restrictions on lighting outdoor fires in Tairāwhiti until further notice.

Waitaki Fires Update #4

News and media|12 March 2024

Today 10 fire crews (35 firefighters), supported by one digger, continue to work on extinguishing a vegetation fire at Nenthorne, near Middlemarch in Waitaki, Otago which started in the early hours of Monday 11 March.

Northland and Auckland Severe Weather Event Update #1

News and media|9 May 2023

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is currently responding to multiple weather related incidents due to the severe weather across the upper North Island.

Firefighters support Movember

News and media|25 November 2019

Fire and Emergency New Zealand Chief Executive Rhys Jones congratulates firefighters from across the country who are growing moustaches for Movember in support of men’s health.

Fire and Emergency acts to support Te Wiki o te reo Māori

News and media|9 September 2019

To mark Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Fire and Emergency New Zealand has today (9 September) launched a reo Māori version of its Escape My House website.

Fire and Emergency urges Kiwis to keep flammable substances away from living quarters

News and media|24 May 2019

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is warning people to keep hazardous substances away from sleeping areas, following a Coroner’s report into a fatal fire in Christchurch.