Fire and Safety Tips:
- Have smoke detectors installed on every floor and in the sleeping areas of your home. Smoke detectors can save lives. Be familiar with exact location of each fire alarm in your house.
- Remember to test your smoke detectors every month. Make sure everyone in your family is familiar with its piercing sound of smoke alarm. Teach them that this sound means danger, and they must escape quickly.
- When you change the time on your clocks for Daylight Savings, then also change your smoke alarm batteries. Give it fresh batteries and your smoke alarm will stay awake and watch for fire while you are sleeping.
- In case of a fire emergency, RUN OUTSIDE!! Fires are scary, but you should never try to hide in closets or under beds when there is a fire.
- Fall & Crawl while trying to escape fire. It is easier to breath in a fire if you stay low while getting out. To test if a door is hot, try touching it with the back of your hand before you open it. If it is hot, try to use another way out.
- Stop, Drop, and Roll if your clothes are on fire until the fire is out. If you need help, just shout. Don’t run as running makes fire burn faster.
- Have an escape plan and practice it with your family. Find two ways out of every room. Practice escaping by both routes to be sure windows are not stuck and screens can be taken out quickly.
- Choose a meeting place outside, such as a tree or across the road for everyone to reach there safely. NEVER go back into a burning building for any reason. If someone is missing, tell the firefighters. They have the clothing and equipment to safely rescue people.
- Know your local emergency number. Put stickers and magnets with emergency numbers on your refrigerator and every telephone in the house. If there is a fire at your house, choose one family member to leave your meeting place and call the fire department from a neighbors phone.