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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Fire and Emergency severe weather event update #2

News and media|4 May 2023

Fire and Emergency New Zealand continues to closely monitor the weather warnings across the country to inform where it sends specialist resources.

Canterbury Fires Update #10

News and media|21 January 2024

Firefighters have put out two large grass fires in Canterbury and are in the last stages of mopping up a third.

Fire and Emergency implores the Far North to take fire prohibitions more seriously

News and media|10 February 2020

Firefighters in the Far North are urging their communities to take the current fire prohibitions more seriously.

Rolleston and Coutts Road fires under control

News and media|24 December 2017

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is making a plea to Kiwis to be vigilant about fire safety over the coming weeks, as firefighting crews worked through the night and this morning to get two fires in Canterbury under control.

Pigeon Valley Fire update 53 - 08:17 hours 16/02/2019

News and media|16 February 2019

High winds cancel access to valleysRestricted residential access to fire-affected valleys today (16 February) has been cancelled.

Fire engineering brief

Found in: Businesses and landlords | Building and designing for fire safety

When a building is sufficiently complex to preclude using prescriptive guidance as a means of establishing compliance, a specifically-engineered solution is required (referred to as either alternative solution, or performance based engineering).

Pigeon Valley Fire update 44 - 16:20 hours 12/02/2019

News and media|12 February 2019

The State of Civil Defence Emergency has been extended for a further week.

Fire and Emergency continues to be here for our communities

News and media|20 April 2020

With today’s announcement that we will remain in Alert Level 4 until 11.59pm Monday 27 April, New Zealanders can rest assured that Fire and Emergency will continue to be here for our communities.