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WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE
• Get out now.
• Don’t panic; stay calm.
• Operate your safety plan, as previously planned.
• Alert small children in the home and those who
may need extra assistance.
• Leave the building as quickly as possible. Touch
doors with the back of your hand and make
sure that they are not hot before opening them.
Use an alternative exit, if necessary. In case of
smoke, crawl along the floor and DO NOT stop
to collect anything. Close doors behind you.
• Assemble at a pre-arranged place outside
the building.
• Once outside, do a head count and call the
fire service.
• DO NOT re-enter the house unless a fire officer
says that it’s safe to do so.
FIRE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
CREATE AN ESCAPE PLAN TO PRACTISE
Be prepared when your smoke/CO alarm sounds its
alarm. Develop a family escape plan, discuss it with
all household members, and practice it regularly.
• Make sure everyone is familiar with the sound
of your smoke/CO alarm and explain what the
sound means.
• Determine TWO exits from each room and have
an escape route to the outside from each exit.
• Teach all the members in your household to
check doors for heat with the back of their hand
before opening them and to use the alternative
exit if the door is hot. Make sure that they do
not open the door if it is hot.
• Teach household members to crawl along the
floor to avoid dangerous smoke, fumes and gases.
• Determine a safe meeting place for all household
members to regroup at outside the building.
PRACTISE FIRE SAFETY
Practise your escape plan at least twice a year,
making sure that everyone is involved – from kids
to grandparents. Practise the escape plan with
children, including holding one at night when they
are sleeping. If children or others do not wake up to
the sound of the smoke alarm, or if there are infants
or family members with mobility limitations, make
sure that someone is assigned to help them for the
fire drill and in the event of an emergency.
Current studies have shown that smoke alarms
may not wake all sleeping individuals, and that it is
the responsibility of individuals in the household
who are capable of assisting others to provide
assistance to those who may not be woken by the
alarm sound, or to those who may be incapable of
safely evacuating the area unassisted.
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