Councils and community responsibilities

Downloadable home fire safety advice and tips in many different languages.

Everyone has a responsibility to keep their community safe from fire.

That means being fire safe and teaching your friends and family to be fire safe too.

If you’ve noticed a fire hazard in your neighbourhood, Fire and Emergency New Zealand may be able to intervene to ensure the things which are causing the hazard are removed or minimised.

Local councils may have bylaws about domestic and industrial burning. Please check your local council requirements.

Regional councils may require resource consents for open burning on commercial and industrial sites. Please check your regional council requirements.