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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Remember to pēhia te button | press the pātene to check your smoke alarms this daylight saving

News and media|30 March 2023

This daylight saving, Sunday 2 April, Fire and Emergency New Zealand is encouraging everyone to remember to pēhia te button | press the pātene to check their smoke alarms are in working order.

Emergency response plans

Found in: Hazardous substances

If your business deals with large quantities of hazardous substances, you must have an Emergency Response Plan to ensure their safe management.

Christchurch Mosque Shootings

News and media|18 March 2019

Last Friday was a sad time for all of us.

Chatham Islands LAC

Found in: About Us | Local Advisory Committees

Chatham Islands Local Advisory Committee - mihi mai rā.

Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Internal Affairs published today

News and media|5 March 2024

Fire and Emergency’s Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Internal Affairs – our BIM – has been published today on our website.

Fire and Emergency honours recipients congratulated

News and media|3 June 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand Board Chair Rebecca Keoghan has congratulated eight firefighters from Wanaka, Auckland, Rongotea, Te Awamutu, Bulls, Kerikeri, Taihape and Te Puke who have been recognised in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours List released today.

Get fire safe at the interface
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Communities can work together to prepare and protect against fire, in a rural, or urban–rural interface.

A fire danger climatology for New Zealand Report #39 (2003)
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