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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Westland joins Buller and Grey Districts in restricted fire season

News and media|13 January 2023

Westland District has joined the rest of the West Coast in a restricted fire season as at 08:00 this morning (13 January)

International good practice in safety, health and wellbeing in fire and emergency services - Report #153 (2016)
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This research looks at the international jurisdictions considered to have leading or emerging best practice safety, health and wellbeing systems.

Get Firewise Research

Found in: Teachers and Schools | Get Firewise

What the research saysHow five and six year olds learn safety behavioursEducationists have established through research that five and six year olds learn and retain safety messages and safe behaviours if: the number of messages and behaviours is kept to as few as possible the message is repeated several times and children say it out loud when the message or behaviour is introduced, the children have many opportunities to process the knowledge or practise the behaviour each time children process the knowledge they involve themselves in the situation and talk, describe, or draw themselves in the situation where possible, children actively do something to practise the behaviour children have opportunities to discuss their knowledge and practise their skills at regular intervals after they have learnt it children relate the learning to themselves and their family and lives.

Notifying fumigation activity

Found in: Hazardous substances

Fumigants are used to control a variety of pests and are important for agriculture, horticulture and biosecurity.

It’s Escape Week - are you prepared to escape in a house fire?

News and media|10 February 2020

This week (9 - 15 February) marks the start of Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s first ‘Escape Week’.

Port Hills fire update #22

News and media|20 February 2024

The colder weather combined with a small amount of rain overnight on Monday helped cool the Port Hills fireground, but this has made for challenging, slippery conditions on Tuesday.

Prohibited fire season for Western Bay of Plenty

News and media|2 February 2021

The Western Bay of Plenty is now in a prohibited fire season.