How To Create A Family Fire Safety Plan
No parent wants to think about the house catching on fire while the children are inside, but it happens to many families each year. The U.S. Fire Administration strongly urges families to create an escape plan to follow in the event of a house fire because it can save lives and protect your family from injury. Make your escape plan, teach it to your children and practice it regularly so everyone knows what to do if you experience a house fire.
Instructions
1.Identify two ways to get out of each room in your home and show them to the members of your family. Possible escape avenues should include windows and doors that lead outside. Regularly inspect these escape routes to be sure they are in proper working order, such as checking to make sure windows open easily. If you have safety bars on your windows, make sure that the release button works well and that everyone in the family knows how to use it.
2.Establish at least two meeting points for your family in the event you are separated while trying to escape from the house. This allows family members to know where to go if their meeting spot isn't safe or can't be reached. Identify a meeting spot in the front of the house, as well as one in the backyard. Show your family members exactly where they are to go and wait for everyone else.
3. Teach your family the once out, stay out rule. This means that once family members reach the meeting spot, they must stay there and to never go back into the house to get property, save the family dog or to look for Mom or Dad.
4. Outline proper escape techniques to your family. Teach your family members to crawl low under the smoke, to feel doors before opening them, to never open a door that's hot to the touch and to never stop to grab any item on the way out.
5.Practice your escape plan at least twice a year, recommends the Fire Safety Council. Hold fire escape drills during the day and at night so everyone is prepared to escape when it's light outside as well as when it's dark. Have your family practice escaping with their eyes closed, too. This prepares them to get out even if the smoke is so thick they can't see where they're going.
6.Install a smoke detector on every level of your home, and test them regularly. Push the test button on each detector to be sure it's in proper working order. A smoke alarm can alert your family to danger early enough that you are able to escape before a house fire gets out of control. Replace the batteries every six months.
Instructions
1.Identify two ways to get out of each room in your home and show them to the members of your family. Possible escape avenues should include windows and doors that lead outside. Regularly inspect these escape routes to be sure they are in proper working order, such as checking to make sure windows open easily. If you have safety bars on your windows, make sure that the release button works well and that everyone in the family knows how to use it.
2.Establish at least two meeting points for your family in the event you are separated while trying to escape from the house. This allows family members to know where to go if their meeting spot isn't safe or can't be reached. Identify a meeting spot in the front of the house, as well as one in the backyard. Show your family members exactly where they are to go and wait for everyone else.
3. Teach your family the once out, stay out rule. This means that once family members reach the meeting spot, they must stay there and to never go back into the house to get property, save the family dog or to look for Mom or Dad.
4. Outline proper escape techniques to your family. Teach your family members to crawl low under the smoke, to feel doors before opening them, to never open a door that's hot to the touch and to never stop to grab any item on the way out.
5.Practice your escape plan at least twice a year, recommends the Fire Safety Council. Hold fire escape drills during the day and at night so everyone is prepared to escape when it's light outside as well as when it's dark. Have your family practice escaping with their eyes closed, too. This prepares them to get out even if the smoke is so thick they can't see where they're going.
6.Install a smoke detector on every level of your home, and test them regularly. Push the test button on each detector to be sure it's in proper working order. A smoke alarm can alert your family to danger early enough that you are able to escape before a house fire gets out of control. Replace the batteries every six months.
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