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Escape Plan
Prepare and practice a home escape plan twice a year,
including 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 911 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 awak-
en 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 awak-
ened by the alarm sound, or
to those who may be inca-
pable of safely evacuating the
area unassisted.
Fire Safety Information