Plan Your Escape
Home Fire Escape Planning and Practice
- Home fire escape planning should include the following:
- Drawing a map of each level of the home, showing all doors andwindows
- Going to each room and pointing to the two ways out
- Making sure someone will help children, older adults, and peoplewith disabilities wake up and get out
- Teaching children how to escape on their own in case you cannothelp them
- Establishing a meeting place outside and away from the homewhere everyone can meet after exiting
- Having properly installed and maintained smoke alarms
- Pushing the smoke alarm button to start the drill
- Practicing what to do in case there is smoke: Get low and go. Get outfast.
- Practicing using different ways out and closing doors behind you asyou leave
- Never going back for people, pets, or things
- Going to your outdoor meeting place
- Calling 9-1-1 or the local emergency number from a cell phoneor a neighbor’s phone
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