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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Proactive releases and OIA responses

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Proactive releases To be transparent and open about our work, we will release reports, briefings and other documents that are in the public interest.

Risk Factors and offending behaviours in young fire setters - report #137 (2013)
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The study draws upon longitudinal data on child firesetters who were referred to the New Zealand Fire Service Fire Awareness & Intervention Programme.

Canterbury Fires Update #6 Swannanoa scrub fire

News and media|20 January 2024

Fire crews and four helicopters are responding to a vegetation fire reported in the bed of the Waimakariri River at Diversion Road, Swannanoa in Canterbury.

Ashburton Vehicle Fire Operational and Health and Safety Reviews

Found in: Research and reports | Operational reviews and reports

On March 15, 2021, Fire and Emergency responded to a combine harvester fire on a farm near Ashburton.

Understanding the Volunteer Journey - report #187 (2021)
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Volunteers at more than 600 stations nationwide currently make up nearly 12,000 of Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fire and Emergency) personnel.

The economic cost of wildfires - Report #99 (2009)
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House Foundations and Earthquakes - Report #78 (2007)
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Pūrongo ā‑Tau | Annual Report 2022 - 2023
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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Annual Report. For the year ended 30 June 2023