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

Privacy statement - Fire Permits

We collect personal information from you, including your:

  • name
  • contact information
  • location, and
  • information about your proposed fires (including their locations) for fire permit applications

We collect your personal information in order to:

  • assess and determine your fire permit applications, in accordance with the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 and the Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fire Permits) Regulations 2017, and
  • communicate with you about your proposed fires, fire permit applications, and fire permits

Your personal information will be used by our personnel for these purposes.  We may also share your personal information with third parties who provide and administer our relevant electronic systems.  Those providers will not use your personal information for other purposes, except as required by law. 

Our electronic systems may attempt to match your personal information with existing data, including information that is maintained in your web browser cache, in order to determine whether you have previously made an application for a fire permit (also known as ‘contact matching’).  You can use your web browser’s help function for instructions on how to clear your cached information. 

You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong.  If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at https://fireandemergency.nz/contact-us/general-enquiries-and-questions/.