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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Outdoor fires discouraged in Auckland Region

News and media|25 August 2021

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

Live on TV house burn reaches 700,000 to show the speed and danger of fire

News and media|16 August 2023

Last night, Tuesday 15 August, Fire and Emergency partnered with TVNZ’s Seven Sharp to show viewers the devastating speed of fire, live on television.

Policy Documents
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Information Request (OIA) Documents

Keeping fire safe this festive season

News and media|18 December 2023

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is reminding people to make fire safety a priority these holidays.

Lithium Batteries - What's the problem? #174 [2020]
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This research aimed to understand how lithium battery technologies contribute to fire risk and what can be done to mitigate.

Get Out! Stay Out!

Found in: Teachers and Schools

Get Out! Stay Out! is an early childhood education school fire-safety programme for pre-school children aged from two to five years old.

Information about 111 calls and the IVR system Appendix 2 part 1
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Information Request (OIA)

Smoke alarms save lives in Wellington house fire

News and media|6 August 2019

Smoke alarms saved the lives of a mother and father and three young children in the Wellington suburb of Strathmore over the weekend, Wellington firefighters say.