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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Open fires banned in much of Southland as fire danger rises

News and media|25 January 2023

Coastal Southland and all of the Department of Conservation estate, including Stewart Island, have moved into a Prohibited Fire Season today.

Fire restrictions spread further across southern Hawke’s Bay

News and media|12 December 2024

Fires in Tararua East and Tararua West will be restricted from 8am on Friday 13 December until further notice.

Waikari Fire Update #6

News and media|21 February 2024

Three crews of firefighters are working on the Waikari fireground today, digging out hotspots that were identified by Fire and Emergency’s drone team last night.

Offenders sentenced for lighting the 2022 Awarua Wetlands wildfire during a total fire ban

News and media|23 January 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand acknowledges the sentences handed down today in the Invercargill District Court for offences under the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017.

Volatile wildfire conditions in the Mackenzie Basin

News and media|8 January 2024

People living in semi-rural areas in the Mackenzie Basin should take yesterday’s fire near Lake Ōhau as a warning about how quickly fire can spread and threaten homes, the area’s most senior Fire and Emergency officer says.

Restricted fire season for Waikato

News and media|3 February 2021

The Waikato district will move to a restricted fire season from 8am Wednesday 3 February.

Outdoor fires banned in parts of Otago from Monday

News and media|25 January 2025

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has declared a prohibited fire season for the Lakes and Glendhu Bluffs areas in Otago from 8am Monday 27 January, until further notice.

Outdoor fires banned in coastal Wairarapa from Friday

News and media|12 December 2024

Open air fires will be prohibited in around half of Wairarapa from 8am on Friday 13 December until further notice.