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
Fire & Emergency New Zealand

About Us

Learn more about Fire and Emergency NZ - our history, our role in Aotearoa, the fire levy and explore some of our key research & reports

Incidents from April 2025

8,339 INCIDENTS ATTENDED
167 EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
306 STRUCTURE FIRES
1,170 MEDICAL EMERGENCIES
739 MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES
320 VEGETATION FIRES
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What we do

Our commitments and strategies

Key documents

Research and reports

Fire levy information

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is mainly funded by a levy on contracts of insurance where property is insured against the risk of fire. For more information, please visit the pages below.

Regulatory compliance

Local advisory committees

Local Advisory Committees help us make your community more resilient in an emergency.

Māori Advisory Rōpū

Public consultation

Responses to OIA requests

Fire and Emergency publishes responses to selected official Information Act (OIA) requests. Responses are identified for publication based on broader interest to the public.

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