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PRACTICE YOUR
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Properly installed and maintained smoke alarms are critical to fire safety in the home but that’s not enough. Consider the needs of each person including their age, physical condition, sleeping habits and hearing ability. Everyone in the house also needs to know what to do when an alarm sounds. |
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Identify two exits for each room and each level of the home. |
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Teach children not to hide in a closet or under the bed. |
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Encourage everyone to sleep with their bedroom door shut. |
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Make sure everyone knows to feel whether a door is hot before opening. If you can open the door, close it behind you to help stall a fire. |
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If it will be difficult for someone in your house to hear an alarm, assign a person to help him or her during a drill or emergency. |
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Stay low to the ground when exiting. |
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Designate a meeting place away from buildings or trees that could catch fire. Make sure everyone knows to go to your designated meeting place as soon as they are out of the house. |
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Dial 911 from a neighbor’s home or cell phone. |
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Never approach or re-enter the house until fire crews arrive and assess the situation. |
Practice your escape plan at least twice a year, including a practice session at night, and make sure everyone in your house is involved and understands their responsibilities. |
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FireSafety.gov
Protecting your home and family in the event of a fire is often the result of good planning, the right tools like smoke detectors and education. There are wonderful tools available. FireSafety.gov is a good place to start.
USFA
Twenty fire safety topics for citizens and a whole lot more at the U.S. Fire Administration site.
New York City Fire Department
Forty fire and health safety topics plus fire safety tips in six languages from Arabic to Yiddish from the New York City Fire Department.
First Alert
Develop a quick and safe escape route using this planning tool developed by First Alert.
FireSafety.gov/kids
Great puzzles, games and lesson plans to teach kids how to stay safe from fire. There’s also a neat quiz for kids and an opportunity to earn a Jr. Fire Marshall’s certificate.
New York City Fire Department
A coloring book from the New York City Fire Department that you can download.
Everyone Goes Home
“Everyone Goes Home” is a phrase that is frequently displayed on a lot of our fire trucks and represents a department’s commitment to the safety of fire fighting personnel. An exhaustive list of fire fighter life safety resources is available here.
First Responder Safety
Created as a Committee of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association, the Institute serves as an informal advisory panel of public safety leaders committed to reducing deaths and injuries to America's Emergency Responders.
FireSafety.gov
Information resources for the Fire Service.
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