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Operation and Installation Guide | 7.0
Fire Safety
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7.2
Having and Practicing an Escape
Plan
A fire warning can be wasted unless the personnel
planned in advance for a rapid and safe exit from
the building.
Draw a floor plan of the entire building showing two
exits from each sleeping area and two from the
building. Since stairwells and hallways can be
blocked during a fire, provide exits from sleeping
area windows. Make copies of the plan and
practice it with all personnel.
Arrange a meeting place outside and away from
the building. Once out of the building, all occupants
should immediately go to the pre-selected location
to be accounted for.
Provide a barricade between personnel and fire,
smoke, and toxic gases (such as closing all
sleeping area doors before retiring).
Instruct children on opening their bedroom
windows and exiting safely from the building. If
exiting is not possible, teach them to stay at the
open window and shout for help until it arrives.
If a fire alarm occurs after retiring, wake the
children by shouting to them from behind your
closed door. Tell them to keep their bedroom doors
closed.
If the top of your bedroom door is uncomfortably
hot, do not open it. There is most likely fire,
intolerable heat, or smoke on the other side. Shout
to all family members to keep their bedroom doors
closed and to exit the building by alternate routes.
If the top of the door is not uncomfortably hot,
brace the bottom of the door with your foot, and the
top with one hand, then open the door about one
inch. Be prepared to slam the door shut if there is
any pressure against the door or if any hot air
rushes in.
If there is no evidence of excessive heat or
pressure, leave the room and close the door
behind you. Shout appropriate instructions to all
family members and immediately leave the building
by the planned routes. If heavy smoke is present,
drop to your hands and knees, or crawl to remain
below the smoke level.