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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NZ Fire Behaviour Toolkit User Guide and Technical Report - Report #105 (2008)
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Encouraging fire safety ownership effective methods for working with at risk rural communities - Report #113 (2011)
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This Southland-based research was designed to improve fire safety outcomes for rural
communities with a particular vulnerability to fire.

Fire and Emergency releases further Port Hills reports

News and media|30 January 2018

Two Port Hills fires broke on February 13 and merged before burning through 1,600 hectares of land and claiming nine homes and damaging five others.

Fire and Emergency National Strategy 2019-2045
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Sets out how we will continue to meet our communities' needs and build a respectful and inclusive organisation that is well placed for the future.

What we do

Found in: About Us

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is a new unified fire organisation. It brings together our country’s urban and rural fire services for the first time. Statement of Intent (SOI)

Recall: Samsung Top Loader Washing Machines
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There is a chance that moisture may penetrate the electrical connectors of the machines causing a spark and potentially a fire hazard.

Differentiating Strong and Struggling Volunteer Brigades - Report #150 (2017)
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The focus of this research was to identify the key factors that differentiate strong and struggling volunteer brigades.

Gas leak contained in George St, Dunedin

News and media|1 September 2023

A gas leak in George Street, central Dunedin reported at around 9.30am has been isolated and one block remains cordoned off while Fire and Emergency crews continue making checks.