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Develop a family escape plan
and practice it with everyone in
the household, including small
children if you have them.
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Draw a floor plan of your home,
and find two ways to exit from
each room. There should be
one way to get out of each
bedroom without opening the
door, and alternate means of
escape from an upper floor in
the event of the stairs being
blocked (such as a fire escape).
•
Make sure everyone recognises
the smoke alarm signal and
knows how to react to it.
•
If there are small children to
consider it is important to
explain to them what the
smoke alarm signal means.
Teach them that they must be
prepared to leave the home by
themselves if necessary. Show
them how to check to see if
doors are hot before opening
them. Show them how to stay
close to the floor and crawl if