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.

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Fireworks and sky lanterns banned in dry parts of Hawkes Bay

19 Hakihea 2024 | Fire Season Updates

Fire and Emergency is prohibiting the use of fireworks and sky lanterns in parts of Hawke’s Bay from 8am on Friday 20 December.

Give the gift of fire safety this Christmas

19 Hakihea 2024 | Community Education

If you give the gift of fire safety this Christmas it could be the best gift you ever give - the gift of a life saved.

Fireworks banned on Port Hills, Banks Peninsula and Kaitorete Spit this summer

18 Hakihea 2024 | Fire Season Updates

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has imposed a temporary ban on all fireworks and sky lantern activity on the Port Hills, Banks Peninsula, and Kaitorete Spit

Fire and Emergency New Zealand sends a team to assist with Vanuatu earthquake

18 Hakihea 2024 | Deployments

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is sending 34 personnel, alongside one MFAT liaison, to Vanuatu to help with the devastation caused by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake

All Wairarapa under total fire ban from today

18 Hakihea 2024 | Fire Season Updates

Prohibited fire season for the entire Wairarapa

Two new LAC appointments

17 Hakihea 2024 | Announcements

Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Board has appointed the members of two new Local Advisory Committees (LAC).

Fireworks banned in Mackenzie Basin and Ashburton Lakes this summer

16 Hakihea 2024 | Fire Season Updates

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has imposed a temporary ban on all fireworks activity in the Mackenzie Basin and the Ashburton Lakes from Sunday 15 December.

Fireworks and open-air fires banned in parts of Otago

16 Hakihea 2024 | Fire Season Updates

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has prohibited outdoor fires and fireworks activity in Central Otago, Naseby, and upper Waitaki from today until further notice.