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

Fire and Emergency NZ sends taskforce team to support severe weather event response in Tairāwhiti.

Fire and Emergency NZ sends taskforce team to support severe weather event response in Tairāwhiti.

23 June 2023

Fire and Emergency NZ has mobilised a taskforce team to assist and support Tairāwhiti District during the current severe weather event.

Assistant National Commander Steve Turek says a four member crew from Hawkes Bay left Hawkes Bay around 5pm this afternoon to drive up to Tairāwhiti and an Auckland crew of four flew to Gisborne, landing at around 8.30pm.

'These teams make up a taskforce with the ability to assist in a multiple number of ways with this weather event,' Steve Turek says.

'We are working within a declared state of emergency and therefore under the control of Tairāwhiti Civil Defence. The flooding currently being experienced, while significant, is not beyond the capability of local multi-agency resources. This includes water rescue, if required, being carried out by Surf Lifesaving crews. This is standard practice in Tairāwhiti and we have utmost confidence in the arrangement in place to meet the potential needs of the local communities.'

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