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Fire Drills and Escape Planning

Fire drills at home are the best type of preppartion a family can do.  This way everyone in your home knows what actions to take and when to take them.  Sounds simple, but your family needs to know which exits to use in the event of a fire.

When organizing your drills, be sure to use the following steps.

1.  Draw a floor plan of your home with at least two exits from each room.

2.  Go over all the information necessary for reporting a fire over the phone.

3.  Establish a pre-set meeting area outside the house.  This will prevent someone from re-entering a burning house in search of a person who has already safetly left the buring home.  Be sure your meeting spot will not interfere with the arrival of the firefighters.

4.  Practice drills over and over again until everything goes as planned.  Continue to practice drills on a regular basis, at least once every three months.  When you move to a new home, be sure to make a new escape plan.

Safety Reminders:

1.  When you detect fie or smoke, shout to warn the other people in the home.  Childern and older people will need help.  Dont wait to get dressed.  Shoes and one blanket per personwill suffice even in cold weather.

2.  Make sure windows can be quickly opened and ladders are available when required.

3.  If you live in an apartment building, NEVER , use an elevator in a fire or a fire drill.  In a real fire the elevator could stop between floors or take you right to the floor of a fire.

4.  Make sure all escapes routes (hallways, stairways) are clear of anything which could make it hard to escape from your home.

Reporting Fires:

When phoning to report a fire, be sure to speak clearly and supply the fire department with the address of the location of the fire.  Do you know the telephone number of the fire department.  The last thing you want to be doing is calling directory assistance for the local number.  If you don't know the number call 911.  Be sure if you have a Voip phone that you are aware that some services do not display the proper routing service and you could be connected to the wrong department or even wrong city.

Also provide the fire department with a brief description of the nature of the fire.
"A single family house with flames comming out of the roof"

Make sure you have 1 smoke detector installed on every level of your home.  If you sleep with your bedroom doors closed than you need to install 1 detector in each bedroom so you receive early warning if the fire starts from your room.

Call us today to arrange to add monitored smoke detectors to your security system.
(416) 773-5625