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

Operational reviews and reports

  • Port Hills Fire 2024

    Investigation Report and Operational Review

    Just after 2pm on 14 February 2024 Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted to a vegetation fire near Worsleys Road on the Christchurch Port Hills. The fire burnt approximately 650 hectares across the Port Hills over three weeks.

  • Auckland Floods and Cyclone Gabrielle

    Operational Review

    Due to the significance of the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle, an internal operational review into Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s response has been undertaken. It is our usual practice to carry out reviews of significant incidents to learn from them and to support our ongoing improvement.   

  • Muriwai

    Accident Investigation Report

    Following the deaths of two Fire and Emergency volunteer firefighters, Craig Stevens and Dave van Zwanenberg, in February 2023, Fire and Emergency commissioned an independent investigation to identify all the factors that contributed to this tragic event. 

  • Waiharara Wildfire

    Fire Investigation Report

    The wildfire at Waiharara in the Far North a year ago was devastating for the local community, and hugely destructive of a nearby wetland area. The fire burned from mid-December 2021 to early February 2022, and led to Kaimaumau residents being evacuated from their homes twice.

  • Ashburton Vehicle Fire

    Operational and Health and Safety Reviews

    On March 15, 2021, Fire and Emergency responded to a combine harvester fire on a farm near Ashburton. During the response to this fire, a Fire and Emergency vehicle caught fire.

  • Lake Ōhau Wildfire

    Fire Investigation Report and Operational Review

    Fanned by severe winds, the fire swept across country and through the Lake Ōhau Village, destroying 48 homes and buildings, and damaging 5043 hectares of land, making it one of New Zealand’s most significant wildfires in recent history.

  • Tasman Fires

    Operational Review and Action Plan

    The Pigeon Valley fire near Nelson started on 5 February 2019 and went on to burn over 2,300 hectares including significant areas of pine plantation over February and March 2019.

  • International Conference Centre

    Fire Investigation Report, Operational Review and Action Plan

    The convention centre was a large building of seven levels with a total floor area of 32,500 square metres. It was under construction at the time of the fire and was due for completion in 2020.

  • Port Hills Fire 2017

    Operational Review

    The Port Hills fires that began on February 13 2017 burnt through 1,600 hectares of land, claimed nine homes and damaged five others.