1.
Check room doors for heat or smoke. Do not open a hot door.
Use an alternate escape route. Close doors behind you as you
leave.
2.
If smoke is heavy, crawl out, staying close to floor. Take short
breaths, if possible, through a wet cloth or hold your breath. More
people die from smoke inhalation than from flames.
3.
Get out as fast as you can. Do not stop for packing. Have a
prearranged meeting place outside for all family members. Check
everybody is there.
4.
Call the Fire Brigade immediately on a mobile phone or from a
neighbour's house. Make sure to call the Brigade for all fires no
matter how small - fires can suddenly spread. Also call the
Brigade even if the alarm is automatically transmitted to a remote
manned centre - the link may have failed.
5.
NEVER
re-enter a burning house.
NEVER
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