Jayco Melbourne 2011, Owner'S Manual

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SECTION 2
OCCUPANT SAFETY
C
amping is a great way to enjoy the outdoors
with your family and friends. By following the
proper precautions and planning, you can
help insure a safe, enjoyable and trouble-free
trip. We encourage you to develop a family
safety plan in case of an emergency or
severe weather condition, and practice it with
your entire family, especially children.
•
Ask an out-of-state relative or friend to
serve as the "family contact." Make sure
everyone knows the name, address,
phone number and email of the contact
person.
•
Draw a floor plan of your RV and find two
ways to exit. There should be one way to
get out of your RV without opening the
door.
•
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 to make sure everyone, including
guests, knows what to do to escape
safely. Practice evacuating the RV
blindfolded; in a real fire situation, the
amount of smoke generated may make it
impossible to see.
•
Teach how to check doors and not to
open the them if the doors are hot. Also
teach everyone to stay low to try to avoid
breathing smoke, fumes or gases.
•
In case family members are separated
from one another, have a plan for getting
back together. Decide on a meeting place
a safe distance from your RV and make
sure everyone understands to wait there.
•
Pets may not be allowed into shelters for
health and space reasons. Prepare an
emergency plan for pets that includes at
least a 3-day supply of dry food and a
large container of water. The survival of a
beloved pet or valuable livestock will often
depend on the plans that its owner has
made in advance.
•
Teach everyone what the RV safety alarm
signals mean and how to be prepared to
leave the RV by themselves if necessary.
Individuals with medical problems, or who
are hard of hearing, should consider
purchasing additional warning devices
that provide both audible and visual
signals.
E
MERGENCY
W
EATHER
P
LANNING
One of the more serious conditions you need
to take into account when camping is that of
the weather, which is subject to change with
little or no warning. Earthquakes, hail,
flooding, hurricanes, wintry weather,
tornadoes — these and other extreme
weather conditions can threaten your safety
and damage your tow vehicle or RV.
Local radio and TV stations normally
broadcast weather conditions and warnings
as they occur. Research other methods of
learning about severe weather conditions and
how to deal with them. You may want to
consider investing in a weather radio.
Weather radios offer 24 hour-a-day VHF
broadcasts of weather observations and
forecasts directly from the US National
Weather Service. The frequencies used by
the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) weather radio stations
are 162.400, 162.425, 162.450, 162.475,
This RV is not a life support system. It can
stop without warning. Children, persons
with physical or mental limitations, and pets
could suffer personal injury or death. A
personal attendant, redundant power or an
alarm system must be used if RV operation
is critical.
During severe weather conditions move
indoors to a place of safety or shelter as
directed by the campground or 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.
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