Home Fire Safety Visits
Ngā Toronga Haumaru Ahi Kāinga
We offer free Home Fire Safety Visits to help our Tūrangi community stay safe from fire.
During these visits, we provide information on fire safety, install and test smoke alarms, and provide free smoke alarms to those eligible.
Where should I put smoke alarms?
Fire and Emergency New Zealand recommends installing long-life photoelectric smoke alarms in every bedroom, hallway and living area.
You may also choose to install a heat alarm in the kitchen, laundry, bathroom or garage.
Important things to consider
Smoke alarms should be tested frequently to ensure they are working.
Don't put a smoke alarm in your kitchen, where smoke from cooking could set it off – use a heat alarm here instead.
Smoke alarms cannot detect smoke through a closed door, so think carefully about the layout of your home.
"When you're asleep, you can't smell smoke. Working smoke alarms are your only voice."
Tommi Joyce
Volunteer Firefighter
What to expect
A Home Fire Safety Visit is a free service for anyone who would like fire safety advice to reduce the risk of fires in their own home.
During the visit we can help install smoke alarms and replace faulty ones. If you cannot afford to purchase smoke alarms, tell us and we can help.
The visit will take up to 30 mins. Our crew will help you with:
Escape plans
We will talk through an escape plan personalised for your home.
Risks in your home
We will help you identify the biggest fire risks in your home.
Check & install smoke alarms
We will check existing alarms, replace faulty alarms, and install new ones for free.
We're committed to helping our community stay safe from fire.
If you would like to sign up for a free Home Fire Safety Visit, please fill out the form below.
Privacy Statement:
In this form we ask for your personal information including your address, contact information, and specific features/details about your home for the purpose of a Home Fire Safety Visit.
The information collected during your Home Fire Safety Visit will be used for the purpose of:
Making a fire risk assessment of the home.
Informing future Fire and Emergency fire safety and fire prevention initiatives within communities such as identifying fire risk trends in any particular suburb, district or region.
Reporting and measurement of our Statement of Performance Expectations.
The storage, use and disclosure of the information you provide in this form will be undertaken in accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act 2020. Specifically, your personal information will be kept safe and secure; and your personal information will be used and shared for the purpose of the Home Fire Safety Visit programme and/or if required/allowed by law.
You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you’d like to ask for a copy of your information, or to have it corrected please contact us at OfficialInformationRequests@fireandemergency.nz