Grand Design Reflection Fifth Wheel 150 Series, Owner'S Manual

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Occupant Safety
Occupant Safety
Your Reflection Fifth Wheel is designed with comfort and safety
as a priority. This RV meets or exceeds the safety standards
and applicable codes in effect at the time it is built. All required
safety items are carefully installed to protect you and the
occupants of your RV.
Family Safety Plan
Develop a Family Safety Plan to use in case of an emergency
or severe weather condition. Practice it with your entire family,
especially children.
• Before camping, please review and understand the
locations of all doors, emergency exit windows, and
safety equipment inside your RV.
• Teach everyone what the RV safety alarm signals mean
and how to be prepared to leave the RV, by themselves
if necessary.
• Draw a floor plan of your RV and find two ways to exit.
There should be at least one way to get out of your RV
without opening the door.
• Teach everyone how to check doors (and not to open
them if they are
hot
). Also teach everyone to
stay low
to try to avoid breathing smoke, fumes or gases.
• Decide on a meeting place a safe distance from your RV.
Make sure everyone understands to gather and wait
there, in case family members are separated from one
another in an emergency.
• Make sure everyone knows where to go to call the fire
department or 911 from outside the RV.
• Conduct safety drills at least every six months.
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Make sure everyone, guests included,
knows how to evacuate the RV safely.
• Practice exiting the RV blindfolded; in a real fire situation,
thick black smoke can make it impossible to see.
• Ask an out-of-state relative or friend to serve as your
family contact . Make sure everyone knows the contact
person’s name, address, phone number and email.
For additional safety precautions, Consult your local fire dept .
During severe weather
conditions, move indoors
to a place of safety or
shelter as directed by
campground or other
appropriate authorities.
• AVOID trees or power
lines that could fall on
your vehicle.
• The safest place during
severe weather conditions
is inside a basement or
storm shelter, not an RV
or tow vehicle.
Be aware of the
Heat Index
if camping
during hot weather.
Keep HYDRATED, and try
to stay indoors in an AIR
CONDITIONED area during
a high Heat Index Warning.
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