Sentrol ESL 2500, Instruction Manual

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5.4 DEVELOPING AN EVACUATION PLAN
Preparation and education are of prime importance in the prevention of fire. An
evacuation plan should be established BEFORE a severe situation arises. Make
sure your Fire Protection Representative fully explains the configuration of your
system. Make sure you fully understand the limitations of your system.
Use the following steps in establishing an evacuation plan:
1. Evaluate all possible escape routes from your home and draw a floor plan.
2. Select two exit escape routes from each room.
3. Provide escape ladders for rooms above the first floor. Check the ladders to
be sure that they will reach the ground.
4. Draw a rough sketch of your escape plan so that everyone is familiar with it.
5. Practice your escape plan to assure that everybody knows what they have to
do in a severe situation.
6. Establish a meeting place outside where your family is to report.
7. Advise the local fire authority if you have installed a fire alarm system.
Discuss the following with all residents:
1. Familiarity with alarm signals.
2. Status of bedroom doors.
3. Testing of door during a fire and use of alternate escape routes if HOT to
touch.
4. Crawling and holding breath techniques during a fire.
5. ESCAPE FAST, DO NOT STOP for packing.
6. Emphasize that no one is to return to a burning building.
5.5 FIRE-SAFETY BASICS
The intended purpose of a household fire warning system is to provide a warning
sufficiently early in the development of a fire that the occupants are able to escape
before conditions become life-threatening. However, a properly designed house-
hold fire warning system is just one part of a good fire safety plan for one’s home.
The first step is to enhance the fire safety of one’s home with fire prevention.
Then, in order to derive the intended benefit from the household fire warning
system, the household must have a pre-arranged fire escape plan.