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

Kia Toipoto

Creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. 

2024/2025 pay gap data

Te Kawa Mataaho/Public Service Commission established Kia Toipoto, a Public Service Action Plan (2021–24) to make progress in closing gender, and ethnic pay gaps, accelerate progress for wāhine Māori, Pacific women, and women from ethnic communities, all people from diverse backgrounds; and create fairer workplaces for all including disabled people and members of rainbow communities.  

As part of our commitment to Kia Toipoto, we have published our pay gaps for the 2023/24 financial year which you can view below.

Download Pay Gaps data 2024


Providing transparency around pay gaps is part of our ongoing commitment to ensure our workforce better reflects the communities we serve. We know these pay gaps do not exist in a vacuum, and instead develop due to processes and lack of policies. We are taking a holistic approach to diversity and inclusion and are focusing on both process and policy change. 

Kia Toipoto at Fire and Emergency 

Increasing diversity and inclusiveness in our workforce and culture at Fire and Emergency New Zealand will help us work more effectively with our communities to support their needs, mitigate risks and build resilience.  

By 2038, more than 50 percent of New Zealanders will be from non-European backgrounds and our communities will speak more than 200 languages. Our Kia Toipoto programme of work (2022-2024) aims to remove bias and discrimination in our workplace and encourage diversity and inclusion across all phases of the employee and volunteer lifecycles. 

For more see our action plans and previous data: 

Since the start of Kia Toipoto in 2021 we have made sound progress by completing the following objectives to ensure all our people feel safe, positive, and included: 

  • ensure bias does not influence starting salaries or pay for employees in the same or similar roles,  
  • developed plans to improve gender and ethnic representation in our workforce and leadership,  
  • considered equitable career pathways and opportunities to progress,  
  • protected against bias and discrimination in HR and remuneration policies and practices.

What is a pay gap? 

A pay gap is a high-level indicator of the difference between earnings of different groups. Our focus is on closing the gaps that exist between: 

  • Men and women 
  • European, Māori, Pasifika and Asian people 
  • Gender and ethnic groups (e.g. between European men and women, Māori man and women, and Pacific man and women). 

Equal pay means everyone is paid the same for doing the same work. Pay equity means everyone is paid the same for work that is different, but of equal value.