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
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News and media

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Fire season change for mainland Auckland

10 January 2022 | Fire Season Updates

Mainland Auckland is now in a restricted fire season. The change occurred at 8 am Monday 10 January.

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Fire season change for Bay of Plenty

8 January 2022 | Fire Season Updates

All of Bay of Plenty is now in a restricted fire season.

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Change of fire season for Tairāwhiti

23 December 2021 | Fire Season Updates

Tairāwhiti is moving from an open to a restricted fire season

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Restricted fire season for Marlborough

22 December 2021 | Fire Season Updates

All of Marlborough is now in a restricted fire season.

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Two new fire restrictions in place for Otago

22 December 2021 | Fire Season Updates

Fire and Emergency is putting the Central Fire Zone into a restricted season and banning private use of fireworks across the District (all of Otago).

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Open fire ban to reduce risk at Rangitata Huts

21 December 2021 | Fire Season Updates

Open fires on the beach and foreshore at South Rangitata have been banned to reduce the risk of fire to the Rangitata Huts community.

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Prohibited fire season in Thames-Coromandel

20 December 2021 | Fire Season Updates

Thames-Coromandel is now in a prohibited fire season.

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Temporary fireworks ban in the Mackenzie Basin over summer

14 December 2021 | Fire Season Updates

A temporary fireworks ban covering the Mackenzie Basin will come into effect on Wednesday 15 December.