What are some fire safety tips that will help me stay safe?
• Install smoke detectors. Working smoke detectors double your chances of surviving a fire. • Place smoke detectors on every level of your house: outside bedrooms on the ceiling or high on the wall, at the top of open stairways or at the bottom of enclosed stairs and near (but not in) the kitchen. • Clean smoke detectors once a month and replace batteries at least once a year. • With your family, plan two (2) escape routes for each room in the house. Practice escaping from each room. • Make sure windows are not nailed or painted shut. Make sure security gratings on windows have a fire safety opening feature so that they can be easily opened from the inside. • Teach family members to stay low to the floor (where the air is safer in a fire) when escaping from a fire. • Pick a place outside your home for the family to meet after escaping from a fire. • Know the locations of the gas valve and electric fuse or circuit breaker box and how to turn them off in an emergency. If you shut off you
