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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Waiharara fire update - 2 January 2022

News and media|2 January 2022

Fire crews are concentrating efforts on the area north of Kaimaumau village this morning, and also on the western part of the fire ground in anticipation of a change in wind direction that will push the fire towards the northwest.

Outdoor fires discouraged in Northland

News and media|25 August 2021

Fire and Emergency New Zealand urges households and landowners across Northland not to light outdoor fires during lockdown, to save firefighters having to respond to calls from anxious neighbours and break their COVID-19 bubbles.

Keep a metre from the heater

News and media|14 July 2020

A Gisborne house fire has prompted a reminder from Fire and Emergency to keep flammable materials at least one metre from your heater.

Suspicious fire at Taylors Mistake

News and media|15 December 2024

A fire at Taylor's Mistake on the edge of the Port Hills overnight is being treated as suspicious.

Honouring our firefighters on International Firefighters’ Day | Whakanuia Ngā Kaipatuahi

News and media|4 May 2023

Today is International Firefighters’ Day, Whakanuia Ngā Kaipatuahi, a day when people around the world recognise and honour the mahi of all firefighters and the service they have given and continue to give to their communities.

Understanding Red Fleet Carbon Emissions Literature Review - report #212 [2023]
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Fire and Emergency has set out how they will reduce their fleet emissions through their Climate Response Strategy 2022-2030

Evaluation of the Firewise Programme for year one and two students - report #81 (2008)
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An updated validation of seasonal fire weather climate outlooks - report #77 (2004)
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