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Appendix C: Device Installation and Maintenance
Page 77 | August 17, 2010
Emergency Preparation
Do not wait until an emergency occurs to make a plan. Talk to each other about what each person
should do in an emergency. For example:
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Learn your security system. Get to know how to arm and disarm it and what to do when the
authorities or central monitoring calls.
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Make sure everyone (who should know) knows the Secret Word, when to use it, and that it
should not be shared.
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Understand the difference between your keypad code and the Duress code.
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Understand that you should never enter the premises if you hear an alarm. Call police from a
cell phone or a neighbor’s phone.
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Make a plan for how to leave the house in the case of an emergency. Establish multiple
routes and consider how the routes should be different based on the emergency.
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Save yourself first! Do not stop to rescue any possessions.
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Do not open a door if the handle is hot.
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Agree on a single outdoor location for everyone to meet.
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Call the fire department or police from a neighbor’s phone.
Use the rest of this page to draw or write multiple escape plans for each member of the family.