Fire Prevention Tips
Make Your Home Fire Safe
· Smoke alarms save lives. Install a smoke alarm outside each sleeping area and on each additional level of your home.
· If people sleep with doors closed, install smoke alarms inside sleeping areas, too.
· Use the test button to check each smoke alarm once a month. When necessary, replace batteries immediately. Replace all batteries at least once a year.
· Vacuum cobwebs and dust away from your smoke alarms monthly.
· Smoke alarms become less sensitive over time.
· Replace your smoke alarms every ten years.
· Consider having one or more working fire extinguishers in your home. Get training from the fire department in how to use them.
· Consider installing an automatic fire sprinkler system in your home.
Plan Your Escape Routes
· Determine at least two ways to escape from every room of your home.
· Consider escape ladders for sleeping areas on the second or third floor. Learn how to use them and store them near the window.
· Select a location outside your home where everyone would meet after escaping.
· Practice your escape plan at least twice a year.
Escape Safely
· Once you are out, stay out! Call the fire department from a neighbor's home.
· If you see smoke or fire in your first escape route, use your second way out. If you must exit through smoke, crawl low under the smoke to your exit.
· If you are escaping through a closed door, feel the door before opening it. If it is warm, use your second way out.
· If smoke, heat, or flames block your exit routes, stay in the room with the door closed. Signal for help using a bright-colored cloth at the window. If there is a telephone in the room, call the fire department and tell them where you are.
Fire Prevention Links
CHILD SAFETY LINKS
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/flash.shtm
http://www.nfpa.org/sparky/
http://www.kfst.net/
ALL LINKS
http://www.firesafetytips.com/
http://www.geocities.com/fire-ed/firesetters.html
http://www.firewise.org/
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