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If the alarm sounds, check for fires first. If a fire is discovered
follow these steps. Become thoroughly familiar with these
items, and review with all family members!
• Leave immediately using one of your planned escape
routes (see page 23). Every second counts, don’t stop to get
dressed or pick up valuables.
• Before opening inside doors look for smoke seeping in
around the edges, and feel with the back of your hand. If
the door is hot use your second exit. If you feel it’s safe, open
the door very slowly and be prepared to close immediately if
smoke and heat rush in.
• If the escape route requires you to go through smoke, crawl
low under the smoke where the air is clearer.
• Go to your predetermined meeting place. When two
people have arrived one should leave to call 999 from a
neighbour’s home, and the other should stay to perform a
head count.
•
Do not go back in to the house under any
circumstance until fire officials give the go
ahead.
What To Do If The Alarm Sounds