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

Information and Practice Days

Attending an Information and Practice Day is the first step in the recruitment process for many of our candidates. It’s not compulsory to attend but is a great, no-strings-attached way to get a taste for the role and kick-start your journey to become a Career Firefighter.

On this page

  • What the session covers
  • This round of Information and Practice Days
  • More information

What the session covers

Not only will you hear about why this is an epic career, our team will also be there to provide you with guidance and helpful tips to put your best foot forward in the recruitment process.

We'll take you through:

  • What a firefighter does.
  • A breakdown of the recruitment process and how to prepare.
  • What the Recruit Training Course entails.
  • Tools of the trade such as fleet and equipment.
  • Opportunity to practice the Physical Pre-Entry Test(PPT).
  • A chance to pick our firefighters brains and hear firsthand why they reckon it’s the best job in the world!

This round of Information and Practice Days

We will shortly be confirming details for the upcoming round of Information and Practice Sessions, running in May 2025. Bookings will open from 1 April 2025. 

Location

Date and time

Email for more information:
Takapuna, Auckland 

TBC

AucklandRecruiting@fireandemergency.nz

Balmoral, Auckland

TBC

AucklandRecruiting@fireandemergency.nz

Papatoetoe, Auckland 

TBC

AucklandRecruiting@fireandemergency.nz

Mt Wellington, Auckland*

TBC

AucklandRecruiting@fireandemergency.nz

Tairawhiti 

TBC

TairawhitiRecruiting@fireandemergency.nz 

Hawkes Bay 

TBC

HawkesBayRecruiting@fireandemergency.nz 

New Plymouth, Taranaki 

TBC

TaranakiRecruiting@fireandemergency.nz 

Remutaka, Wellington 

TBC

WellingtonRecruiting@fireandemergency.nz 

Kilbirnie, Wellington*

TBC

WellingtonRecruiting@fireandemergency.nz 

Dunedin*

TBC

DunedinRecruiting@fireandemergency.nz 


*Please note: there will be the opportunity to practice the full Physical Pre-Entry Test (PPT) at Mt Wellington, Kilbirnie and Dunedin sessions. Other sessions will have aspects of the PPT to practice, but not the full test. 

Also, see our current testing dates.

More information