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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Public reminded to take care with controlled burns

News and media|26 April 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is reminding people across Hawke’s Bay to take extra care when undertaking controlled burns.

Port Hills fire update #22

News and media|20 February 2024

The colder weather combined with a small amount of rain overnight on Monday helped cool the Port Hills fireground, but this has made for challenging, slippery conditions on Tuesday.

Final update - Kirwee fire

News and media|9 February 2024

Firefighters expect to have the fire at Kirwee extinguished this afternoon, with the plan to hand the site back to the landowners when this milestone is achieved.

Waiharara fire – 5 January update

News and media|5 January 2022

Firefighters have now been working on the fire at Waiharara in the Far North for 19 days.

Moutere Highway Fire Update 2 - 17:15 hours 27/02/19

News and media|27 February 2019

Update on fire at Upper MoutereA new fire that started this afternoon in the Redwood Valley area, north-east of the existing Pigeon Valley fire ground, has slowed and been stopped at the grass at the foot of the gully where the fire began.

Fire-related Injuries and Deaths Evidence Brief - report #207 [2022]
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Evidence Brief on 14 quantitative and qualitative studies commissioned by FENZ over the last 20 years on fire-related injuries and death

Hapori Māori in the Emergency Landscape Evidence Brief - report #206 [2023]
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Evidence Brief on working with iwi and hapori Māori to reduce the risk of fire-related hazards and to support response and recovery in emergencies

An Updated Fire Danger Climatology for New Zealand – report #202 [2023]
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To effectively manage the risk of vegetation fires, fire managers require knowledge of weather extremes and their likely occurrence