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 sending more resources to Westport

Fire and Emergency sending more resources to Westport

16 July 2021

Fire and Emergency NZ is ready to support civil defence on the West Coast and in Nelson-Tasman if communities need assistance during the storm.

Crews in Westport have been helping with precautionary evacuations of residents in low-lying areas of the town today.

Fire and Emergency activated its regional coordination centre in Christchurch earlier today and an Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) squad has arrived on the coast in case there is a need for rapid assessments in the event of storm damage. Liaison staff are based in each civil defence emergency operations centre.

Response Coordinator Mike Bowden says Fire and Emergency is front-footing support for the West Coast and is ready for potential escalation anywhere in the upper South Island.

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