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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General enquiries and questions

Found in: Contact us

Please do not use this page to attempt to make contact about extreme weather events or emergencies.

Care urged after spate of fatal house fires

News and media|25 July 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is asking everyone to put fire safety at the front of their minds following a spike in the number of fatal house fires.

Third offender convicted and discharged for offences relating to the 2022 Awarua Wetlands wildfire during a total fire ban

News and media|27 June 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand acknowledges the decision of the Invercargill District Court yesterday for an offence under the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017.

Prohibited fire season for Southland

News and media|1 February 2023

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has declared a prohibited fire season for Southland as of 8 am Wednesday 1 February 2023, until further notice.

Fire engineering brief

Found in: Building fire safety | Building and designing for fire safety

When a building is sufficiently complex to preclude using prescriptive guidance as a means of establishing compliance, a specifically-engineered solution is required (referred to as either alternative solution, or performance based engineering).

Kitchen fire prompts reminder to never leave cooking unattended

News and media|16 October 2020

A Tawa resident had a close call last night (Thursday 15 October) when their house filled with smoke after a pot caught fire when it was left unattended on the stove.

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.

Approved alternative solutions

Found in: Building fire safety | Building and designing for fire safety

Some specific types of buildings need considerations that makes them fall outside the scope of normal alternative solutions for the fire safety design.