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Fire Safety
Exit Drills In The Home
People can survive even major fires in their homes if
they are alerted to the fire and get out quickly and stay
out.
How To Survive
• Install smoke detectors and keep them in
working
order.
• Make an escape plan and practice it.
• Consider installing an automatic fire-sprinkler system.
Plan Your Escape
Once a fire has started, there is no time to plan how
to get out. Sit down with your family today and make a
step-by-step plan for escaping a fire.
Draw a floor plan of your home, marking two ways
out of every room, especially sleeping areas.
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Discuss the
escape routes with every member of your household.
Agree on a meeting place where every member of the
household will gather outside your home after escaping
a fire to wait for the fire department. This allows you to
count heads and inform the fire department if anyone is
missing or trapped inside the burning building.
Practice your escape plan at least twice a year. Have a
fire drill in your home. Appoint someone to be the monitor,
and have everyone participate. A fire drill is not a race. Get
out quickly but carefully.
Make Your Exit Drill Realistic
Pretend that some exits are blocked by fire, and
practice alternate escape routes, Pretend that the lights
are out and that some escape routes are filling with
smoke.
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