September Newsletter
Your ability to get out of your home during a fire depends on advance warning from smoke alarms and advance planning. Pull together everyone to make a plan:
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Draw a map of your home. Show all doors and windows.
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Visit each room. Find two ways out.
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All windows and doors should open easily. You should be able to use them to get outside.
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If any of your second exits are through an upstairs window, make sure you have an escape ladder in that room.
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Make sure your home has smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Push the test button to make sure each alarm is working.
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Pick a meeting place outside. It should be in front of your home.
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Everyone will meet at the meeting place. Make sure your house or building number can be seen from the street (day or night).
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Once everyone is outside, make sure no one goes back inside for any reason.
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Talk about your plan with everyone in your home (especially babysitters and visitors).
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Make sure everyone in your home knows how to dial 911.
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Practice your home fire drill!
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Modern homes burn very quickly so you have a very short time to get out!
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Draw your Home Fire Escape Plan and post in on the fridge.
Until next month, stay safe!
