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

Our commitments

  • Working with Māori as tangata whenua

    Fire and Emergency New Zealand recognises the status of Māori as tangata whenua and, as such, the importance of Māori communities as key stakeholders in Fire and Emergency’s work.

  • Climate change and wildfire risk

    Climate change has been recognised as the most complex challenge of our generation. Among the many consequences of climate change, wildfires are growing in intensity and spreading in range across Earth’s ecosystems (United Nations Environmental Programme, 2022).

  • Eke Taumata

    Eke Taumata is the programme supporting Fire and Emergency to improve the experience people have volunteering or working for us. “Eke Taumata” is abbreviated from 'Kia eke ki ngātaumata' – to aspire to a greater level 'Eke' in our context means to climb or embark upon. 'Taumata' refers to a pinnacle or higher level. So together the words describe our journey to our desired or improved state. 

  • Kia Toipoto

    Kia Toipoto is a comprehensive set of actions to help close gender, Māori, Pacific and ethnic pay gaps across the Public Service. Read about Fire and Emergency’s commitment to Kia Toipoto including the actions we’re taking to address gender and ethnic pay gaps within our organisation, and our annual pay gap reports.

  • Rautaki Māori | Māori Strategy

    Our Rautaki Māori aims to create safer and more resilient hapori Māori (Māori communities). It outlines the work we will do to achieve this, why it’s important and most importantly what will be different.