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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A fire danger climatology for New Zealand Report #39 (2003)
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Seasonal Fire Danger Outlook

Found in: Outdoor and rural fire safety

Below are the Seasonal Fire Danger Outlook reports, provided by NIWA.

Fire experts say victims could have survived tragic house fire

News and media|6 December 2018

Fire and Emergency has agreed with a range of recommendations in a Coroner’s report into New Zealand’s worst house fire since the 1970s.

Fire Safety Research Quantitative Research Report - Report #61 (2006)
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Costs and benefits of regulating fire safety performance of upholstered furniture in NZ - Report #35 (2003)
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Improving safety at controlled burns through land manager knowledge and practices Report #164 [2018]
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Aim of research was to better equip our knowledge to produce safe burning practice guidelines and training for the use of fire by land managers.

Class A Foam Concentrate Drums

Class A Foam Concentrate DrumsAs a proof of concept, Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s (FENZ) Equipment and Logistics team are refilling used Class A foam drums. Class A foam is a liquid concentrate and is used as foaming and wetting additive to enhance water for firefighting operations.

Fire and Emergency NZ hopeful for progress with bargaining

News and media|14 October 2022

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is hopeful for settlement of a collective agreement with the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) after receiving recommendations made by mediator/facilitator Graeme Colgan.