Escape Plan
Prepare and practice a home escape plan twice a year, includ-
ing drills at night. Know two ways out of every room (door &
window) and identify a meeting place outside the home where
everyone will gather once they have exited the residence.
When two people have reached the meeting place, one should
leave to call 999 while the second person stays to account for
additional family members.
Establish a rule that once you’re out, you never reenter
under any circumstance!
Fire Prevention
Never smoke in bed, or leave cooking
food unattended. Teach children never
to play with matches or lighters! Train
everyone in the home to recognize the
alarm pattern, voice message warning
and to leave the home using their
escape plan when it’s heard. Know how
to do “Stop, Drop and Roll” if clothes
catch on fire, and how to crawl low
under smoke. Install and maintain fire
extinguishers on every level of the home and in the kitchen,
basement and garage. Know how to use a fire extinguisher
prior to an emergency. Second level and higher occupied
rooms with windows, should have an escape ladder.
Current studies have shown smoke alarms may not awaken all
sleeping individuals, and that it is the responsibility of
individuals in the household that are capable of assisting others
to provide assistance to those who may not be awakened by
the alarm sound, or to those who may be incapable of safely
evacuating the area unassisted.
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